India ‘Set To Challenge’ Elon Musk’s SpaceX; ISRO Succeeds In Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission\ ISRO accomplished the autonomous landing of a Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX) on April 2 during a test at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in Chitradurga, located in Karnataka, in the presence of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman S. Somanath. At 7.10 am India time, an Indian Air Force’s (IAF’s) Boeing-made Chinook helicopter took off with the RLV stowed beneath its belly. It climbed to 4.5 kilometers in the air (above Mean Sea Level). The vehicle landed in Hypersonic Flight Experiment (HEX) on a makeshift runway high over the Bay of Bengal. The HEX mission did not require any practice landings on real runways to complete. Why RLV? Despite a history spanning over 40 years and a total of 135 launches, the United States was ultimately compelled to give up using the NASA Space Shuttles. These shuttles turned out to be exor...
Google pays tribute to Kitty O'Neil, once the fastest woman in the world The present Doodle recalls the unfazed soul of a thrill seeker lady who challenged all chances, even her handicap, to turn into the world's quickest lady and a main trick entertainer in America. Brought into the world on 24 Walk, 1946, Kitty O'Neil was hard of hearing since youth, however ended up becoming an incredible trick entertainer, thrill seeker, and rocket fueled vehicle driver. She was conceived quite a while back to a Cherokee Local American mother and Irish dad in Corpus Christi, Texas. Barely any months after her introduction to the world, Kitty O'Neil experienced various illnesses which prompted an extraordinary fever. Eventually she lost her capacity to hear because of high fever. Be that as it may, she learned different correspondence modes and adjusted for various crowds all through her life. With her coarseness and assurance to accomplish something throughout everyday life, sh...