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Israeli Private Moon Probe Lifts Off on Space X Rocket (Bloomberg) -- Israel hopes to be the first country to land a privately financed spacecraft on the moon as “Beresheet” -- Hebrew for Genesis -- lifted off aboard one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets early Friday. The $100 million joint venture between SpaceIL and state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. was financed mostly by Jewish philanthropists including Morris Kahn, SpaceIL’s president and a founder of Amdocs Ltd., and casino magnate Sheldon Adelson. The probe ended its “ride share” on SpaceX after 38 minutes and, if all goes according to plan, will land in the Sea of Tranquility on April 11, the project’s leaders said several days before the launch. A successful flight would make Israel just the fourth country to land on the moon. So far only superpowers -- the Soviet Union, U.S. and China -- have made the voyage, with their governments’ strong financial backing. “This is the first mission of a small country to the moon,” …

United #UA961 to Newark diverted to Shannon after an elderly woman died on board A passenger has died on board a transatlantic flight that was forced to divert to Shannon Airport for an emergency landing. According to reports, an elderly woman in her 70s died on the United Airlines flight, despite attempts to resuscitate her.  United Airlines flight #UA961 from Frankfurt to Newark diverted to Shannon made an emergency landing just after 2pm this Wednesday. The woman passed away despite the best efforts of crew and passengers to resuscitate her.  Emergency medical crews greeted the plane on landing at the airport, while fire and rescue crews were also placed on standby.  Gardai have confirmed that “a passenger was pronounced dead after the flight landed at Shannon. The local coroner has been notified and the body was removed to University Hospital Limerick where a post-mortem examination will be carried out.” Source

New Angles of Mid Air Collision of 2 Indian Air Force's Suryakiran Hawk AJT from 4 Angles with aftermath footage.  2 Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers from Indian Air Force's Suryakiran Display Team collided mid-air while performing manoeuvres on February 19, 2019 at 11.45 a.m.The Team were rehearsing for Aero India 2019 which was to begin the very next day. There Pilots were onboard the two Aircraft.2 Pilots Ejected but Wing Commander Sahil Gandhi flying inverse was unable to eject after the collision.He remained in the aircraft as it went down Source

The shocking moment two jets from India's Air Force display team collide causing a horrific crash and killing one pilot A pilot has died and two others injured when two Hawk military display jets collided in mid-air while practising in India on Tuesday. Two Indian Air Force jets crashed during a rehearsal session for an upcoming air show. The Hawk jets were seen spinning out of control before the nose of one plane clipped the tail of the other as they moved in the same direction while upside down. The accident happened at around 11.50am over an airbase in north Bengaluru in southern India, ahead the Aero India show that opens in the city tomorrow. Source

Year In Space Put US Astronaut's Immune System On High Alert Compared To His Earth-Bound Twin Nearly a year in space put astronaut Scott Kelly's immune system on high alert and changed the activity of some of his genes compared to his Earth-bound identical twin, researchers said Friday. Scientists don't know if the changes were good or bad but results from a unique NASA twins study are raising new questions for doctors as the space agency aims to send people to Mars. Tests of the genetic doubles gave scientists a never-before opportunity to track details of human biology, such as how an astronaut's genes turn on and off in space differently than at home. One puzzling change announced Friday at a science conference: Kelly's immune system was hyperactivated. Source

Private plane with Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox on board made an emergency landing due to blown tyre Jennifer Aniston’s private jet had to make an emergency landing at Ontario International Airport on Friday due to failure with its landing gear, according to TMZ. Courteney Cox was also aboard the aircraft, according to the publication.  The aircraft, with tail number N729TY, took off from Los Angeles International Airport at 11:05 a.m. and was headed to Los Cabos International Airport. The pilot was able to safely land the Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream IV aircraft just after 2 p.m.  The aircraft was forced to circle in the area for roughly three hours in order to burn off enough fuel to land the plane safely despite a blown tyre. Source

NASA heading back to Moon soon, and this time to stay Washington (AFP) - NASA is accelerating plans to return Americans to the Moon, and this time, the US space agency says it will be there to stay. Jim Bridenstine, NASA's administrator, told reporters Thursday that the agency plans to speed up plans backed by President Donald Trump to return to the moon, using private companies. "It's important that we get back to the moon as fast as possible," said Bridenstine in a meeting at NASA's Washington headquarters, adding he hoped to have astronauts back there by 2028. "This time, when we go to the Moon, we're actually going to stay. We're not going to leave flags and footprints and then come home to not go back for another 50 years" he said. "We're doing it entirely different than every other country in the world. What we're doing is, we're making it sustainable so you can go back and forth regularly with humans." Source

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Jeff Bezos was discussing marriage with Lauren Sanchez, sent her '20 dick pics' and tried to buy American Media after National Enquirer's affair expose, claims mistress' brother The brother of Jeff Bezos' mistress is speaking out yet again, this time revealing intimate details of the relationship between his sister and the Amazon billionaire. In a interview with Vanity Fair, Michael Sanchez says that Bezos and his sister Lauren Sanchez had been discussing marriage in recent months while also claiming that the world's richest man had sent '20 dick pics' to his paramour. The sometimes manager for his big sister also used the interview to deny claims that he had leaked news of the affair to The National Enquirer. It was just last Friday that esteemed security Gavin de Becker fingered Michael as the individual who likely alerted American Media president David Pecker and …

Extreme turbulence hurts five on terrifying Delta flight: Passengers tell how plane nosedived TWICE as drinks carts and bags hurtled around the cabin at 34,000ft before emergency landing in Nevada Five people were injured when a Delta Air Lines flight experienced severe turbulence and was forced to make an emergency landing.   Flight 5763 was headed to Seattle, Washington, from Santa Ana, California, Wednesday when crew reported the frightening turbulence at 34,000ft, which led to the twin-jet landing in Reno, Nevada, around 1pm.   Three of the injured passengers were taken to a local hospital and their condition was not immediately know, according to Reno-Tahoe International Airport spokesperson Brian Kulpin.   A video posted to Twitter from a man inside the aircraft shows frazzled passengers after the landing. A beverage cart is seen on its side in the aisle, liquid splattered on the ceiling and personal items scattered throughout the cabin. Source


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