Roscosmos has started implementing the Sphere program
Roscosmos has started the creation of the Sphere satellite system, said Alexander Bloshenko, Executive Director of the State Corporation for Science.
The nuclear tug project is at the stage of resource provision discussion
What specific resource provision is being discussed, Roscosmos did not specify
The draft program on nuclear space energy (nuclear tugboat "Zeus") is under discussion of resource provision. This was announced on Friday by the Executive director of Roscosmos for Advanced Programs and Science, Alexander Bloshenko.
The launch of the Soyuz rocket from the Kourou cosmodrome is expected on the night of December 2
The press service of Roscosmos clarified that "according to the time of the Guiana Space Center, it will be 21:31 on December 1"
The launch of the Soyuz-ST-B carrier rocket with two Galileo FOC spacecraft is scheduled for 03:31 Moscow Time on December 2 (21:31 December 1 local time). This was reported to journalists in the press service of Roscosmos.
Russian cosmonauts began to prepare for the flight on Crew Dragon
Sergey Krikalev, Executive Director of Roscosmos for manned Space Programs, said that Russian cosmonauts have begun familiarizing themselves with operations with the Crew Dragon spacecraft of Elon Musk's SpaceX company. This is reported by TASS.
Russian cosmonauts are already getting acquainted with some operations with the Crew Dragon spacecraft
The training plan for Crew Dragon will be further clarified, Roscosmos noted
Russian cosmonauts are not yet getting acquainted with the Crew Dragon spacecraft of Elon Musk's SpaceX company, but are being trained in some operations with it. This was reported to TASS by the executive director of Roscosmos for manned space programs Sergey Krikalev.
ISS crew members celebrated Thanksgiving with apple cider and turkey
Roscosmos said that alcohol is prohibited at the station, and the corresponding photo on Instagram shows the products of the American diet
The crew members of the International Space Station celebrated Thanksgiving on board, apple cider and smoked turkey were on the festive table. This was announced on Friday by Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov.
The global space market in 2020 decreased by 0.3%
This trend is associated with the coronavirus pandemic, experts say
The global space market showed a decline in 2020. This is stated in the presentation of Alexey Pivkin, Deputy Director General for Strategic Development of the main economic research organization of the rocket and space industry of Agat Organization JSC (part of Roscosmos).
Astronauts on the ISS opened the transition hatches to the new Russian module "Berth"
They were opened at 22:39 Moscow time
Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov opened the transfer hatches and moved to the new Russian module "Berth" on the ISS. This was reported on Twitter by Roscosmos.
The ISS has acquired a "Berth"
Russia has completed the assembly of its segment of the International Space Station. Yesterday, on November 26, the press services of Roscosmos and NASA announced the successful docking of the Berth module to the ISS.
Russia has completed the formation of its ISS - Rogozin segment
The formation of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) has been completed, said Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos. "The fact of the completion of the formation of the Russian segment of the ISS - this fact has already happened," Rogozin told reporters on Friday.
Rogozin: foreign spaceships will be able to dock to the "Berth" on the ISS in the future
According to the CEO of Roscosmos, after the docking of the Berth, the completion of the formation of the Russian segment of the ISS is a fait accompli
NASA and Roscosmos have begun negotiations on the harmonization of technical standards not only for Crew Dragon to the Russian module, but for Russian ships to the American segment. This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin at the Mission Control Center (MCC).
The Berth node module docked with the ISS
The docking took place in automatic mode under the supervision of specialists of the Mission Control Center
The Berth node module as part of the Progress M-UM spacecraft, launched on Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome, moored to the docking node of the multipurpose laboratory module Nauka, a TASS correspondent reports from the Mission Control Center (MCC, part of Roscosmos).
"Progress" with "Berth" docked to the ISS
The Progress M-UM spacecraft module with the Berth node module has docked to the International Space Station (ISS), Roscosmos reports.
Rogozin called the future nodal modules "joints" of the Russian orbital station
The head of Roscosmos noted that the architecture of the Berth will be different from the ISS
The Berth node module will become a prototype of similar modules for the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS), which will be the "joints" of its space body. This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin at the Mission Control Center (MCC).
Roscosmos will begin preliminary design of ROSS at its own expense
According to the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin, the agreement on the project will not be related to specific parameters of financing the work, but with a fundamental decision on their deployment
Roscosmos is ready to start work on the preliminary design of the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS) with compensation in 2023. This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin at the Mission Control Center (MCC).
Roscosmos will go into a "technological overlap"
In the space sphere, it is important not to allow interruptions in the development of technologies, and therefore Roscosmos will go into a kind of "technological overlap," said Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the state corporation, in the 17th issue of the Internet program "Chronicle of Russian Space. The General Manager's line".
Rogozin called on the whole world to be interested in space
As the head of Roscosmos noted, "miracles are born there"
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin expressed the opinion that "the whole world" should be interested in space.
Roscosmos to develop new spacecraft for new station - Rogozin
Roscosmos will develop a new manned and spacecraft for the new orbital station, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin said.
During the week, 35 planes and six drones conducted reconnaissance near the borders of the Russian Federation
Russian radar stations (radars) over the past week have identified 41 aircraft near the borders of the country, follows from the data of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, published on Friday, November 26, on the website of the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda".
The Moroccan Air Force plans to purchase a large batch of new multi-purpose helicopters
The Moroccan Air Force is considering the possibility of purchasing 36 new multi-purpose helicopters as part of a project to replace the catastrophically outdated fleet of existing rotorcraft.