Tag: helicopters

  • Lok Sabha polls: EC asks political parties to share details of aircraft, helicopters used in campaigning

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked political parties to furnish details of aircraft and helicopters being used for campaigning, including their origin and destination and details of people ferried in them. A letter by Tejas Samel, deputy election officer of Mumbai Suburban district, dated April 12, said such information has to be furnished three days before the journey to the district election office, but that duration has now been reduced to 24 hours.

    “We are sending a revised letter on April 17. Instead of three days, they have to inform us 24 hours in advance,” Samel told PTI on Tuesday night.

    The details should also include the make of the aircraft/helicopter and people travelling in them. The letter said this information has to be furnished under the Model Code of Conduct in force for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, which has to be sent to the ECI.

    Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, which has 48 seats, will be held in five phases between April 19 and May 20.

  • Home Minister Mr. Tamradhwaj Sahu’s tour program

    State Home, Jail, Religious Trust and Religion and Tourism Minister Shri Tamradhwaj Sahu will reach Mainpat by helicopter at 14:30 on February 14. Shri Sahu will leave for Raipur at 4 pm after joining the concluding program of the Mainpat Festival.

  • For the first time NASA is sending helicopters on Mars, it is also connected with India

    Human nature always has new experiments and discoveries. It has always been interesting to know about the different planets in space. Among them, Mars is the most special, because it is believed that if any planet other than Earth can be fit for humans, then it is Mars. There is also evidence of water being found here. The search is still on. The US space agency NASA is about to launch its ‘Mars mission’ for a similar innovation. The most important thing about this mission is that for the first time NASA will send a drone helicopter along with the rover to Mars. For this reason, the mission has been named Perceived Mares Rover and Engineer Helicopter.

    According to NASA, the rover will gather information by walking on the surface of Mars while flying by helicopter. It has a Mars Rover weighing 1000 kg while a drone helicopter weighs two kilos. The rover also has a Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer, which will detect temperature, dust, air pressure and radiation, etc. This will make it easier to know whether Mars is worth living by humans. If all goes well, Mars Rover can land on the surface of Mars by February 18, 2021.  

    Mars rover

    Mars rover will run with nuclear power 

    • NASA says that Mars Rover will run with nuclear power. For the first time, plutonium is being used as a fuel in a rover. According to NASA, this rover will operate on Mars for 10 years. There are 23 cameras in it. Apart from this, a robotic arm of seven feet and a drill machine is also in it. In fact, in almost every mission of space, a drill machine is sent with the rover so that it can take surface samples.  

    What will rovers and helicopters do on Mars 

    • Rovers and helicopters will study the weather of Mars. In addition, they will also work to make oxygen from carbon dioxide there. This will greatly ease astronauts going to Mars in future, as they will have almost all the information about Mars. 

    Indian-origin girl named helicopter 

    • The drone helicopter being sent to Mars along with Mars Rover is named Engenuti. The name is given by 17-year-old Vanija Rupani of Indian origin. She teaches at a school in North Port, Alabama. In fact, a competition was held on what to name the helicopter, in which 28,000 contestants participated. At the end of this competition, the name suggested by Vanija was officially stamped. Engututi in Hindi means the inventive character of a person.