Kadaba: Elephant attacks car, one injured
Kadaba: In a rare incident, a wild elephant attacked a car on Saturday morning on the Uppinangady-Subrahmaniya state highway following which a man and six others, all traveling in the car, sustained severe and minor injuries respectively.
Girish of Chikkamagaluru, along with his eight family members, was traveling in an Omni car. The elephant's aggressive attack took place when they were proceeding from Dharmasthala to Subrahmanya. A wild animal was crossing the road when they reached near Whitefield. The car driver, who noticed the elephant, stopped the car near the elephant. At this moment, the elephant suddenly attacked the vehicle. Fortunately, a bus approached pressing horns due to which the elephant left the car and went into the forest.
The front portion of the car was completely damaged in the incident. A man was severely injured, and six others sustained minor injuries in the incident.
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ISRO launches Mission MITRA for safety of human spaceflight mission crew
Bengaluru (PTI): ISRO on Friday said it has undertaken mission MITRA in Leh, Union Territory of Ladakh, from April 2 to 9, a first-of-its-kind team behavioural study for the benefit of human spaceflight missions such as Gaganyaan.
The mission, inaugurated by the ISRO chairman V Narayanan, was mainly for the crew safety and performance.
"Mission MITRA is a first-of-its-kind team behavioural study designed by ISRO and IAF-Institute of Aerospace Medicine to examine the physiological, psychological, and operational dynamics of Crew and ground teams functioning in a high-altitude environment," ISRO said in a statement.
This study is targeted to generate vital understanding on the team interoperability between crew (Gaganyatris) and ground control teams and the effectiveness of decision making under environmental & operational stress, the space agency said.
Noting that the crew safety and performance are the most critical elements of all Human Spaceflight Missions, ISRO said the ability of the crew to communicate effectively, adapt to stress, maintain psychological resilience and support one another determines the success and safety of any mission.
Analogue missions conducted under controlled yet realistic conditions are utilised to understand how crews perform under challenging conditions, it added.
The space agency said the high altitude of approximately 3,500 meters at Leh having the environmental conditions of hypoxia, low temperature, and isolation, is a natural analogue for spaceflight operations.
