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PornHub seeks $3.4 million in crowdfunding to make the first sex tape in space

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New Delhi:  When it came to which video formats the world would adopt, the porn industry showed the way. Now PornHub, a pornographic video sharing website, is seeking to take human sexual activity to space and also make a film out of it. To make their dream of 'Sexploration' possible PornHub is seeking to raise $3.4 million to make a porn film in space through crowdfunding. The campaign iscurrently running on Indiegogo and has managed to raise $4,301 from 194 people at the time of posting. The the first sex tape in space will feature porn actors Eva Lovia and Johnny Sins. "Pornhub is teaming up with top ranking adult studio Digital Playground in joining the ranks of Armstrong and Gagarin by pioneering a one of a kind mission to defy gravity, make history, and push the boundaries of intergalactic 'Sexploration' by filming the first ever sextape in space," says the campaign description on Indiegogo. "In doing so, we will not only be changing the face

Kalpana Chawla: Biography & Columbia Disaster

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Kalpana Chawla flew on two shuttle missions. CREDIT: NASA The tragic loss of the space shuttle Columbia killed seven astronauts. One of those, Kalpana Chawla, was the first Indian-born woman in space. Kalpana Chawla flew on two shuttle missions. Credit: NASA Born in Karnal, India, on July 1, 1961, Chawla was the youngest of four children. The name Kalpana means "idea" or "imagination." Her full name is pronounced  CULL-puh-na CHAV-la , though she often went by the nickname K.C. Chawla obtained a degree in aeronautical engineering from Punjab Engineering College before immigrating to the United States and becoming a naturalized citizen in the 1980s. She earned a doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado in 1988, having previously obtained her masters degree from the University of Texas. She began working at NASA's Ames Research Center the same year, working on power-lift computational fluid dynamics. In 1994, Chawla was selected

Mangalyaan mission to enter 15-day blackout phase on Monday

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Starting Monday, the country's low-cost Mars mission that is in a rendezvous with the red planet for an extended period will enter the "blackout" phase snapping communication with the satellite. BENGALURU: Starting Monday, the country's low-cost Mars mission that is in a rendezvous with the red planet for an extended period will enter the "blackout" phase snapping communication with the satellite. From June 8 to 22, the sun will block Mars from the earth snapping communication with the satellite. MOM during this period will go into an "autonomous mode" and will take its decisions, a senior Indian Space Research Organisation official said. "This will be for the first time that there will be a communication break for such a long period of about 15 days. During this period, there will not be any communication with the satellite," he said. Expressing confidence about regaining control over the satellite once the blackout phase is over,