Dmitry Strugovets, head of the Roscosmos press service, noted that 2021 was a breakthrough year for many projects that could not be launched in recent years

Dmitry Strugovets, head of the Roscosmos press service, congratulated the specialists of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), who jointly developed the James Webb telescope, on the successful launch of the device. The corresponding message was published by Strugovets on Saturday on his Facebook page.

The French President stressed that he was filled with a sense of pride

French President Emmanuel Macron said that the launch of the James Webb orbital telescope into space will forever remain one of the key events in the history of space exploration.

The James Webb telescope successfully corrected the course to the second Lagrange point

The most expensive James Webb telescope ("James Webb"), launched into space the day before, successfully made the first course correction. This was reported by NASA.

The long-awaited launch of the James Webb Space Telescope orbital infrared Observatory took place. It is considered as a replacement for the Hubble telescope, launched into orbit in 1990.

The Ariane V heavy rocket on Saturday launched the world's largest and most powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWTS) worth $ 10 billion into orbit to study the processes of evolution of the Universe, the Arianespace carrier development company said.

According to Dmitry Loskutov, CEO of Glavkosmos, a total of seven launches are planned for next year

The first launch of British OneWeb communications satellites in 2022 is scheduled to take place in February from the Guiana Space Center (Kourou Cosmodrome). This was reported to TASS by the General Director of Glavkosmos JSC (part of Roscosmos) Dmitry Loskutov.

Russian satellite Kosmos-2519 burned down

The Russian spacecraft Kosmos-2519, from which the inspector satellite disconnected in 2017, burned up in the atmosphere. This is reported by TASS, referring to the data of the North American Aerospace Defense Command.

According to Sergey Medvedev, chief designer of radio engineering systems of mutual measurements of the Scientific Research Institute of Precision Instruments, they are also creating a fundamentally new system for the rendezvous and docking of spacecraft.

The purpose of the experiment is to check how many tasks can be completed after landing on another planet

One of the space crews who returned to earth is planned to be left at the landing site for several days to practice landing on another planet, the deputy director of the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IMBP) told reporters RAN Oleg Kotov.

The NEBO 25 suborbital carrier was launched in Russia for the first time. Femtosatellites were placed on its board. During the tests, the engineers collected all the necessary information about the state of the carrier.

Filming should be completed by the end of 2022

Channel One will repair part of the premises of the Cosmonaut Training Center, where the filming of the film "The Challenge" will take place. This was stated on Friday by the executive producer of the project "Challenge" Olga Danova.

Now people with fractures and poor eyesight can fly into space

The medical requirements imposed on participants of short-term space flights have greatly decreased in recent years, the deputy director of the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IMBP) told reporters RAN Oleg Kotov.

A minute and a half before the start, an automation command was formed to cancel the start

The launch of the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle, scheduled earlier on Friday, was postponed due to a malfunction in the ground complex one and a half minutes before launch. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the military department.

The State Commission may postpone the launch of the Angara-A5 rocket to December 25

The State Commission is considering the issue of postponing the launch of the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle, which had previously failed. The launch from the Plesetsk cosmodrome may be postponed to December 25. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to sources in the rocket and space industry.

The Brazilian company Helibras (Helicopters do Brasil), which is a subsidiary of Airbus Helicopters, announced the delivery to the Army Aviation Command (CAvEX) of Brazil of the 34th and last upgraded light reconnaissance helicopter AS-550A2 "Fennek".

France will transfer its armed forces to a single unified helicopter. December 23, portal janes.com He reported that the French Defense Ministry ordered 169 H160M multipurpose vehicles for €8.6 billion to Airbus.

The newest MS-21-300 airliner with a wing made of polymer composites of Russian production proved to be worthy. This was stated by the head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov on Saturday, December 25.

The newest MS-21-300 airliner with a wing made of polymer composites of Russian production proved to be worthy. This was stated by the head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov.

The Russian Ministry of Defense showed a video recording of the destruction of an oil refinery of militants in Syria with the help of barrage ammunition.

The Russian Defense Ministry published a video that instantly went viral.

The newest Russian Orion attack drone was demonstrated, which, according to Zvezda, was involved "in combat use against an aerial target."