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20 May

SpaceX Dragon to deliver crew supplies, research to ISS

Washington: SpaceX will launch its Dragon spacecraft for its 11th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre on June 1. Dragon will lift into orbit atop the Falcon 9 rocket carrying crew supplies, equipment and scientific research to crewmembers living aboard the station, NASA said in a statement on Saturday. The flight will deliver investigations and facilities that study neutron stars, osteoporosis, solar panels and tools for Earth-observation. "In addition to studying the matter within the neutron stars, the payload also includes a technology demonstration called the Station Explorer for X-ray Timing and Navigation…

20 Apr

Heritage Aviation adds with two H130 choppers in its fleet

New Delhi: Heritage Aviation today announced the addition of two new state-of-the-art Airbus Helicopters’ H130 aircraft in its fleet. These helicopters will strengthen the company’s position as a leader in passenger transportation missions including heli-pilgrimage, aerial work and VIP transportation missions in India. The two H130s will complement Heritage Aviation’s existing fleet of two H125 helicopters which were inducted in 2015 from Airbus Helicopters. Both the helicopters will be delivered with seven passenger seats and one of the aircraft will be fitted with cargo swing equipment to carry external load for aerial work missions. “The H130 allows great versatility to perform…

22 Mar

‘ONGC doubles gas production in Tripura in 5 years’

Agartala: State-owned ONGC has more than doubled its gas production in five years in Tripura brightening prospects of setting up of more gas based projects, officials said here on Wednesday. "ONGC has more than doubled its production from 6,450 lakh cubic metres of gas in 2012-13 to 13,820 lakh cubic metres in 2016-17," a spokesman of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) said. The company is presently supplying gas at a rate of 45 lakh cubic metres per day to various power projects, to run vehicles on compressed natural gas (CNG) and supply piped natural gas (PNG) to households for cooking…

28 Feb

SpaceX to fly 2 private tourists around moon in 2018

Washington: US aerospace major SpaceX has announced plans to fly two private citizens on a week-long trip around the moon next year. The two individuals approached SpaceX for the trip and they have "already paid a significant deposit" to do a moon mission, the company said in a statement on Monday. "Fly me to the moon ... Ok," SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted after the announcement was made. Lift-off will be from the Kennedy Space Center's historic Launch Complex 39A at Cape Canaveral in Florida -- the same launch pad used by the Apollo programme for its lunar missions. "Like the Apollo astronauts…