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04 Apr

NASA’s New Horizons set to meet next flyby target

Washington: Continuing on its path through the outer regions of the solar system, NASAs New Horizons spacecraft has now travelled half the distance from Pluto. It is heading towards its next target - 2014 MU69 - which is the Kuiper Belt object (KBO) and the probe will fly past it on January 1, 2019, NASA said in a statement late on Monday.The spacecraft was 782.45 million kms beyond Pluto and the same distance from MU69. "It's fantastic to have completed half the journey to our next flyby; that flyby will set the record for the most distant world ever explored in…

15 Feb

Anil Ambani flies in Rafale fighter

Bengaluru: Industrialist Anil Ambani on Wednesday flew in a Rafale fighter jet at the "Aero India 2017" expo air show at the Yelahanka IAF base here. Kitted in flying overalls, G-suit, Armee de l'Air jacket torso harness, flying boots and helmet with oxygen mask, Ambani, 57, took a flight in the fighter jet that the Indian Air Force (IAF) is soon to have in its inventory. A G-suit is an anti-gravity garment worn by fighter pilots to endure high levels of acceleration force (gravity). The suit inflates and prevents blood from pooling in feet and causing loss of body consciousness. "This…