St. Petersburg State University scientists investigate the behavior of bacterial biofilm in space
These exercises will be the first in the world
Scientists of St. Petersburg State University (St. Petersburg State University) will be the first in the world to study bacterial biofilms (communities of microorganisms) in microgravity. The results of the study will help prevent the appearance of microorganisms inside spaceships and prevent diseases in the ISS crew, the press service of the university reported on Thursday.
Putin instructed Roscosmos to solve the issue of financing the launch of student satellites
The head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin and relevant ministers Valery Falkov and Sergey Kravtsov were appointed responsible
Russian President Vladimir Putin recommended that Roscosmos, together with the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Education, discuss the financing and organization of launches of student microsatellites. The corresponding instruction was given following a joint meeting of the State Council and the Council for Science and Education on December 24, 2021.
The Russian Federation will monitor the activities of foreigners on the moon from an automatic station
The launch of the Luna-26 station is scheduled for 2024
The Russian automatic interplanetary station Luna-26 will allow monitoring the activities of foreign state and private spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. This was reported on Sunday in the state corporation "Roscosmos".
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.
