The head of the company's representative office in Russia, Sergey Kostenko, noted that the implementation of such a flight is a matter of time

Russian entrepreneurs express interest in visiting space, the implementation of such a flight is a matter of time. This opinion was expressed during the broadcast of the launch of the Soyuz MS-20 manned spacecraft on the Roscosmos-TV channel by the head of the Space Adventures representative office in Russia, Sergey Kostenko.

Alexander Misurkin will partially participate in the scientific program

The commander of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft, TASS correspondent cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, will conduct experiments in orbit in the interests of Russian science. This was reported to TASS on Wednesday by the Deputy Director for Science of the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IMBP) RAN Oleg Kotov.

According to the head of Roscosmos, a Russian group of potential space tourists is in the CPC

A Russian group of potential space tourists is at the Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC), getting acquainted with how the training takes place. This was reported to journalists by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The Director General of Roscosmos will visit the country at the invitation of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, said that he plans to visit Japan in 2022 at the invitation of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

According to the head of the state corporation, the Russian Federation does not intend to "give this niche to the Americans"

Roscosmos does not plan to give the USA a niche of space tourism, said Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the state corporation, at a meeting with Russian members of the cosmonaut squad.

The drawing is more suitable for suborbital flights, said the company's CEO Dmitry Loskutov

The lottery draw is suitable for suborbital flights, but is an unsuccessful way to promote flights to the International Space Station. This opinion was expressed during the broadcast of the launch of the Soyuz MS-20 manned spacecraft on the Roscosmos-TV channel by the CEO of Glavkosmos (part of Roscosmos) Dmitry Loskutov.

The only female cosmonaut of Russia, Anna Kikina, will fly on the American Crew Dragon ship in 2022. This was announced on December 8 by Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the Roscosmos State Corporation.

Japanese space tourists Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano, together with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, opened the hatches between the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft and the International Space Station (ISS). The event is broadcast on Wednesday, December 8, on the Roscosmos website.

For the first time in history, the crew of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft left the Cosmonaut Hotel at the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the song "Grass at Home" in Japanese. This was announced on Wednesday, December 8, Roscosmos reports in its Telegram channel.

Housing under the program can be purchased both on the primary and secondary market

Promsvyazbank and Roscosmos have signed an agreement that implies the provision of preferential mortgages for members of the Russian cosmonaut squad. The agreement was signed after the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Soyuz MS-20 manned spacecraft on Wednesday from Baikonur.

As reported in the state corporation, now it is necessary to agree with the cosmonaut squad how to build plans for the next three years

Roscosmos has successfully implemented plans for 2021 to support Russian cosmonauts. Maxim Ovchinnikov, First Deputy Director General of the State Corporation for Economics and Finance, told reporters about this.

During the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to the UAE, in addition to the contract for the sale of Rafale F4 fighters to the Air Force of this country, an agreement was signed for the supply of H-225M "Caracal" multipurpose helicopters manufactured by Airbus Helicopters.

Azerbaijan is likely to become the second foreign customer of the Hurkus training aircraft / light attack aircraft manufactured by Turkish Aerospace Industries.

The United Kingdom, the United States and Italy have raised from the bottom of the Mediterranean the sunken fifth-generation fighter F-35 Lightning II, which got there in November after the crash of the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, reports The Drive.

On Wednesday, Russian Su-27 fighters flew over the Black Sea at a minimum distance to French Rafale and Mirage fighters trying to approach the border of the Russian Federation, according to data distributed by the Russian Defense Ministry.

China wants to revise the world order and change the situation that has developed since the Second World War. For this purpose, the country is expanding its military capabilities. This was announced on November 8 by the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milli.

In the United States, on December 7, a draft defense budget for 2022 was presented, the text of which was published by the relevant committee of the House of Representatives.

American congressmen have included in the draft of the US defense budget for 2022 approved by the House of Representatives provisions providing for counteraction to Russia and China, the world media noted in comments.

Washington is not currently considering the evacuation of US civil servants or American citizens from Ukraine, the US Embassy in Kiev says.

Moscow expects that its concerns about Ukraine's possible admission to NATO after talks with U.S. President Joseph Biden will be heard, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.