The Cygnus spacecraft undocked from the ISS after three months in orbit
The device will stay in orbit for a little less than a month, and on December 15 it will head to Earth
The American Cygnus cargo ship of Northrop Grumman Corporation undocked on Saturday from the International Space Station (ISS) after three months in orbit. The broadcast was conducted on the website of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Japan Aerospace Agency launches new Astronaut recruitment
L The volunteers will then have to go through four exams
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on Friday in a message on its website that from December 20 it will begin a new set of astronauts who, in particular, will be able to take part in lunar exploration programs. Applications will be accepted until March 4, volunteers will then have to go through four exams, the winners of the competition will be announced approximately in March 2023, after which they will begin training.
Seven Estonians became candidates for cosmonauts of the European Space Agency
The number of candidates for cosmonauts of the European Space Agency (ESA) included seven citizens of Estonia, said on Saturday the Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology Andres Sutt (Andres Sutt).
Ukraine announced the start of construction of a cosmodrome for a new launch vehicle "Cyclone-4M"
The ceremony of the start of the construction of the cosmodrome for the promising Ukrainian carrier "Cyclone-4M" took place in Halifax, Canada. Earlier it became known that they want to hold its first launch in 2022.
Scientists urged to protect themselves from biological threats from outer space
Biologists once again pointed out the danger of alien organisms invading and sending terrestrial ones into space, and recommended fighting the threat taking into account past experience of encounters with invasive species.
ArianeGroup did not call the Russian Soyuz a European missile
The European rockets of the future will be Ariane 6 and Vega C, Frank Heybanom, responsible for the Ariane 6 program at ArianeGroup, said in an interview with SpaceNews.
Russia and the United States have confirmed their intentions to send a joint mission to Venus
The head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin explained that joint work will help simplify the task from the point of view of economics, technology and science
Russia and the United States have confirmed their intentions to organize a joint mission to Venus. This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Saturday on the air of the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live".
The US is going to build a nuclear power plant on the moon
NASA and the Idaho National Laboratory on Friday, November 19, announced a collection of ideas for the construction of a nuclear power plant on the Moon, which could become an energy source independent of the Sun for a permanent habitable station, the Associated Press reports.
Northrop Grumman showed the concept of the future lunar ROVER
Americans will probably ride on the moon on the goddess of hunting. Artemis can be called a new rover for an Earth satellite, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The concept of an electric car was presented by Northrop Grumman. However, the project has not been worked out in detail yet. A number of automotive companies are planning to involve in the development. According to the plan, the rover will be delivered to the Moon separately. Now three cars left over from visits to the Apollo missions are already "parked" on the Earth satellite. Americans plan to return to the moon in 2025.
Rogozin spoke about the surveillance of an American drone
Roscomos is monitoring the American military orbital drone X-37. This was announced by the Director General of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin on the Youtube channel "Solovyov live".
Rogozin pointed to the concern of the Russian Federation about the militarization of space by the United States
The Roscosmos State Corporation is concerned that the United States and NATO are launching possible weapons carriers into space. This was announced by the CEO of the corporation Dmitry Rogozin on Saturday, November 20.
Rogozin spoke about the concern of Roscosmos over the United States and NATO
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin spoke about the concern of the state corporation due to the fact that the United States and NATO are launching potential weapons carriers into space. He stated this on the air of the program "Solovyov LIVE", the broadcast was conducted on the YouTube channel Roscosmos Media.
Rogozin spoke about the development of anti-satellite weapons in Russia
Russia has long started developing anti-satellite weapons. He stated this on the air of the program "Solovyov LIVE", the broadcast was conducted on the YouTube channel Roscosmos Media.
Rogozin said that anti-satellite weapons have been developed in Russia for a long time
The head of Roscosmos stressed that the Russian Federation is not lagging behind anyone in terms of military space.
There is no secret that Russia has been developing anti-satellite weapons for a long time. This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Saturday on the air of the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live".
Russia must have anti-satellite weapons - Rogozin
Russia needs to have its own anti-satellite weapons, said Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos.
The Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is developing a classifier of events threatening activities in space
As experts noted, the introduction of such technologies will allow Russia to become a leader in terms of situational awareness of activities in space
Specialists of the Institute of Applied Mathematics (IPM) of the Russian Academy of Sciences are developing a unified classifier of dangerous events that occur in near-Earth orbits. This is stated in the IPM message distributed on Saturday.
Financing of the Sphere program has begun - Rogozin
Roscosmos received more than 12 billion rubles from the reserve fund for the lunar program and the creation of new satellites
Roscosmos received the first funds for the creation of the Sphere satellite system, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin said.
Rogozin said that Roscosmos has already received additional funds for the development of space programs
The funds will be allocated for the development of an orbital constellation of weather satellites, Earth remote sensing satellites, as well as for the implementation of the Sphere program
Roscosmos has already received additional financial resources allocated by the government for the development of space programs. This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Saturday on the air of the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live".
MAI intends to investigate the connection of the emotional state of astronauts with blood sugar
Student Aaron Gardugno Rodriguez presented his project at the XIV International Scientific and Practical Conference "Manned Space Flights", held at the Cosmonaut Training Center.
The toilet broke down again on the American segment of the ISS
The toilet broke down again on the American segment of the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced on Friday, November 19, by German astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA) Matthias Maurer.