Agra: An army commando was killed when he fell from a height after his parachute got entangled in the high-tension line in the Malpura area of Uttar Pradesh's Agra district here on Friday.
Police officials said that the incident took place in the dropping zone under Malpura police station when the parachute of commando Ankur Sharma got entangled in the high-tension line. "Sharma fell from the height in the incident and sustained injuries," a police official said. Sharma was taken to the Military Hospital where he died during treatment. Sharma was posted in Jammu and Kashmir.&nbsp;
—IANS

 An army commando was killed when he fell from a height after his parachute got entangled in the high-tension line in the Malpura area of Uttar Pradesh's Agra district here on Friday.

Army Commando Dies In Parachute Mishap

Washington: Boeing has stalled the first crewed flight of its Starliner capsule that was slated for July, over parachute and wiring safety issues, the company has said. Starliner's astronaut launch, which is already running years behind schedule, was scheduled to lift off to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 21 with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Now, it may not launch this year, Space.com reported. "It's feasible, but I certainly wouldn't want to commit to any dates or timeframes," Mark Nappi, Boeing Starliner programme manager and vice president, told reporters in a press conference on Thursday. "We need to spend the next several days understanding what we need to do to solve these problems," he added. Nappi said that during in-depth reviews of Starliner, last week, the officials discovered issues with the Starliner's three main parachutes. The engineers found that the "soft links" used on the suspension lines of Starliner's three main parachutes cannot handle the load of Starliner if one fails. Being able to land safely with two of three chutes is a safety requirement for NASA, Nappi said. Further, they found thatA a protective tape covering the wiring harnesses throughout the Starliner capsule is flammable and there are "hundreds" of feet of it inside Starliner, the report said. "It's highly unlikely that we would go in and cut this tape off," Nappi said, adding that doing so would likely cause more potential damage. "So we're looking at solutions that would provide for essentially another type of wrapping over the existing tape in the most vulnerable areas that reduces the risk of fire hazard." Boeing had signed a contract with NASA's Commercial Crew Programme to fly operational missions to and from the space station with Starliner in 2014. However, it has faced a series of setbacks. Its debut uncrewed orbital flight mission in 2019 did not go exactly as planned, requiring it to make another try before putting astronauts on board for the crewed flight test. The capsule, however, made a successful repeat of that mission in 2022. The flammable tape issue and the parachute soft links issue were both present on that flight, but the mission was a success, NASA officials said. In addition to Boeing, NASA also picked Elon Musk's SpaceX to fly astronauts to and from the ISS as part of its Commercial Crew Programme. SpaceX's Dragon capsules have been launching astronauts to the station on its Falcon 9 rockets since 2020. To date, SpaceX has launched seven crewed flights for NASA and three private flights for customers, most recently the Ax-2 commercial flight to the station for Axiom Space that landed back on Earth on May 30. —IANS

Boeing has stalled the first crewed flight of its Starliner capsule that was slated for July, over parachute and wiring safety issues

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Bengaluru: ISRO has successfully conducted a series of tests on drogue parachutes, which would play a pivotal role in stabilising the crew module and reducing its velocity to a safe level during re-entry in the planned Gaganyaan human space flight mission. The Gaganyaan mission hopes to safely transport astronauts to space and back.  Drogue parachutes are deployed to decrease speed and stabilise rapidly moving objects.  ISRO's Thiruvananthapuram-based Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) successfully conducted a series of Drogue Parachute Deployment Tests at the Rail Track Rocket Sled (RTRS) facility of the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory in Chandigarh during August 8-10, the national space agency said in a statement here on Friday.  The tests were conducted in collaboration with Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE)/DRDO.  The drogue parachutes, packed within pyro-based devices known as mortars, are cleverly designed to eject the parachutes into the air upon command.  These conical ribbon-type parachutes, boasting a diameter of 5.8 metres, employ a single-stage reefing mechanism, ingeniously minimising canopy area and mitigating opening shock, ensuring a smooth and controlled descent, the ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) explained.  During the three comprehensive tests conducted at the RTRS facility, a range of real-world scenarios were simulated to rigorously evaluate the performance and reliability of the drogue parachutes.  The first test simulated the maximum reefed load, marking a groundbreaking introduction of reefing in a mortar-deployed parachute within India. The second test emulated the maximum dis-reefed load, while the third test showcased the deployment of the drogue parachute under conditions mirroring the maximum angle of attack experienced by the crew module during its mission.  "These successful RTRS tests serve as a critical qualification milestone for the drogue parachutes, confirming their readiness for integration into the upcoming Test Vehicle-D1 mission," the statement said.  Notably, earlier this year, the RTRS tests of Pilot and Apex cover separation parachutes were also conducted, further accentuating the progress of the Gaganyaan mission's parachute system development.  The intricate parachute sequence for the Gaganyaan crew module's deceleration system encompasses a total of 10 parachutes.  The sequence commences with the deployment of two apex cover separation parachutes, followed by the stabilisation achieved through the deployment of two drogue parachutes.  Listen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.com Upon release of the drogue parachutes, the mission transitions into the extraction phase, with three pilot chutes individually extracting three main parachutes, a pivotal step in reducing the Crew Module's speed to safe levels for a secure landing, the statement said. —PTI

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