New photos of the surface of Mars have been published
Roscosmos and ESA have published new photos of Mars from the ExoMars Trace Gas spacecraft
Representatives of the state corporation Roscosmos and the European Space Agency (ESA) showed a new image of Mars with part of the Argir plain and the Hooke crater. The photo is published on the official ESA website.
The first image obtained by the James Webb Telescope has been published
NASA scientists have published an image of the star HD 84406, obtained by the Webb Telescope
NASA scientists have published the first image obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope during the alignment of the main mirror. This is reported on the website of the US Space Agency.
The James Webb telescope transmitted the first images to Earth after its launch
The images are images of 18 blurred points of light
TASS, February 12. The James Webb orbital telescope has handed over to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) its first experimental images after launch. This is stated in the statement of the department, published on Friday.
Elon Musk said that the first orbital flight of the superheavy Starship launch vehicle will take place this year
The creator of the American aerospace company SpaceX has expressed confidence in conducting the first orbital flight of the superheavy Starship launch vehicle, which will be used in the landing of a man on the Moon, this year.
Musk believes that delivering 150 tons of cargo into orbit will soon cost less than $10 million.
According to experts, the launch of one Falcon 9 launch vehicle costs SpaceX about $50 million
Delivery of 150 tons of cargo to low Earth orbit with the commissioning and full use of the Starship spacecraft of the American company SpaceX in three years may become cheaper than $ 10 million.
The head fairing prevented the second stage of the Astra rocket from entering orbit
The American company Astra unsuccessfully launched a light rocket with five student cubesats. After turning off the engine of the first stage, the head fairing did not have time to open and the second stage crashed into it, and then, when it did open, it spun. The launch was broadcast on the NASASpaceflight YouTube channel.
Bloomberg: The European Union intends to create a response system to protect against threats in space
The EU is also considering expanding the commonwealth to repel so-called hybrid attacks and attacks in cyberspace
The European Union (EU) plans to develop a new crisis response system to protect against threats in space. This was reported on Thursday by Bloomberg with reference to the draft document of the European Commission (EC).
Nebo-T radars are on combat duty in the regions of the Volga region and the Urals
The stations are significantly superior to their analogues in terms of their tactical and technical characteristics
Calculations of the newest radar complexes "Sky-T" of the air defense division of the Central Military District (CVO) have taken up combat duty to protect the airspace over the regions of the Volga region and the Urals, the press service of the CVO reported.
Su-34 checked the Nebo-T radars
Nebo-T complexes went on combat duty in the regions of the Volga region and the Urals
Calculations of the Nebo-T radar complexes have taken up combat duty. The complexes of the air Defense Division of the Central Military District (CVO) will ensure the protection of airspace over the regions of the Volga region and the Urals. "Sky-T" was checked with the help of fighters. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Central Military District.
The Ukrainian military received "Stingers" from Lithuania
The Armed Forces of Ukraine received from Lithuania a batch of Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as defense ammunition.
The range of the new Heybar Shekan missile is 1,450 kilometers
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has unveiled a new missile called the Heybar Shekan with a range of 1,450 kilometers.
The presentation ceremony of the Heybar-Shekan rocket took place in the presence of the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Bagheri and the Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Forces, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh.
The Russian military carried out conditional launches of Bastion missiles during exercises in the Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory
Military exercises in the Crimea and in the Krasnodar Territory have worked out the deployment of coastal anti-ship complexes "Bastion" with conditional (electronic) launches of cruise missiles, the Black Sea Fleet said on Friday.
Military expert: Bastion will protect the Black Sea from any enemy
Military expert Yuri Knutov commented on the exercises in Crimea with the use of Bastion coastal missile systems on Sputnik radio.
Source: the second regiment of hypersonic "Vanguards" will take up duty until the end of 2022
The Avangard combat unit is capable of flying in dense layers of the atmosphere at a hypersonic speed of up to Mach 27, maneuvering along the course and altitude and overcoming any missile defense
The second regiment of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) UR-100N UTTH with hypersonic combat equipment "Avangard" will take up combat duty as part of the Yasnensky compound of Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) until the end of 2022. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the military department.
Pyongyang called the EU's criticism of missile launches an "encroachment on the sovereignty" of the DPRK
North Korea has condemned the criticism of the European Union in connection with a series of missile launches carried out by the DPRK last month.
The new version of the amphibious complex "Octopus" has a unique fire control system
Sergey Kotelevsky, Head of the Kurganmashzavod R&D Department, said that the new version of the Octopus amphibious vehicle is radically different from its first generation
The updated version of the airborne self-propelled anti-tank gun "Octopus" based on the latest BMD-4 has a unique fire control system. This was announced on Sunday on the air of the program "Military Acceptance" on the Zvezda TV channel by Sergey Kotelevsky, head of the Kurganmashzavod R&D Department.
Artillery divisions from Russia and Belarus hit the imaginary enemy
Defense Ministry: gunners launched missile strikes on the "enemy" at the exercises "Allied Determination"
The Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that consolidated divisions of gunners from Russia and Belarus within the framework of the exercises "Allied Determination-2022" struck the positions of a conditional enemy. This is what Izvestia writes about.
A photo of a rare railway version of the BRDM-1 has appeared
Launched in 1957, the Soviet armored reconnaissance patrol vehicle BRDM-1 had several modifications. For example, in the very original version, it was made without an armored hull roof.
An analogue of the "Afghan version" of the Soviet T-55 tank lit up in Yemen
During the fighting in Yemen, President Hadi's T-55AM2 tanks, modernized in Czechoslovakia, were again seen as part of the military formations opposing the Shiite Ansar Allah movement (Houthis).
As a rule, early versions of T-55s are used in battles, which formed the basis of the armored power of the land forces of this country before the civil war began in 2014.
For the first time, modernized T-64 tanks were used in Ukraine
The Ukrainian military used the upgraded T-64BM2 tanks for the first time in the exercises
The Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted exercises at a training ground in the Kharkiv region. During the maneuvers, the military used for the first time an upgraded version of the Soviet T-64 tank. This is reported by Defense Express.























