NASA has identified the landing site of the VIPER rover on the Moon in 2023
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the landing site of the VIPER rover on the Lunar surface in 2023, according to the office's website.
The Space Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences approved proposals for scientific research on board the Luna-25
The members of the council noted the need to use the potential of the Vostochny cosmodrome, Roscosmos reported
The participants of the meeting of the Presidium of the Scientific and Technical Council of Roscosmos and the Bureau of the RAS Council for Space, held on Tuesday by video conference, supported the program of scientific research that is planned to be carried out on board the Luna-25 automatic station. This was reported to TASS in the state corporation.
A Russian private company plans to send satellites into orbit in early 2022
We are talking about small spacecraft under the Space-Pi program, including for automatic identification of vessels
Sputnix (a resident of Skolkovo) plans to launch small spacecraft under the Space-Pi program, including for automatic identification of ships (AIS), in the first quarter of next year. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the organization.
Roscosmos plans to protect the nuclear space energy project in the Cabinet of Ministers by 2022
It includes the project of the nuclear tug "Zeus", said the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin
Roscosmos expects to protect the project on nuclear space energy, which includes the project of the Zeus nuclear tug, in the government of the Russian Federation by the end of the year. This was announced on Tuesday by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
Rogozin accused SpaceX of squeezing Roscosmos out of the market
The American company SpaceX, headed by Elon Musk, is squeezing Roscosmos enterprises out of the international space services market, RIA Novosti reports the statement of the general director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.
Rogozin believes that cooperation between Roscosmos and SpaceX is hardly possible
According to the head of Roscosmos, SpaceX is trying to squeeze the Russian state corporation out of the space launch market, using various tools, including dumping
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin ruled out direct cooperation between Roscosmos organizations and Elon Musk's company SpaceX.
The head of NASA plans to visit Russia in the near future
The administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Bill Nelson, announced plans to visit Russia in the near future, according to the NASA broadcast.
The former US astronaut noted the Russian contribution to the ISS project
The crew commander of the first main expedition to the station, William Shepard, said that the ISS could not have been in orbit without the participation of Russia
The International Space Station (ISS) would not have been able to be in orbit if Russia had not participated in this project.
Rogozin said that the fate of the "Sea Launch" will be determined in the near future
The head of Roscosmos noted that it is planned to adapt the floating spaceport for the launches of promising Soyuz-5 launch vehicles
The future of the floating spaceport "Sea Launch" should be determined in the near future. This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Tuesday during the scientific and practical conference "Orbit of Youth".
The Russian Academy of Sciences recommended that Roscosmos submit proposals for the orbital station to the Cabinet of Ministers
The Scientific and Technical Council of Roscosmos recommended that work on the creation of a technical project for a new orbital station be included in the Federal Space Program-2025
The Bureau of the RAS Space Council recommended that Roscosmos submit proposals to the government on the need to create a Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS). This was reported to TASS in the press service of the state corporation.
The Russian Federation plans to spend 629.64 billion rubles on space activities in 2022-2024
In 2023, about 209.61 billion rubles will be allocated for these purposes, according to the explanatory note to the draft budget
Russia plans to allocate about 629.64 billion rubles for the implementation of the state program "Space Activities of Russia" in 2022-2024, according to the explanatory note to the draft budget for this period, which is available to TASS.
It is planned to increase the financing of the construction of Vostochny by 14.6 billion rubles in 2023
In 2024, the volume of budget allocations under the program "Development of cosmodromes for the period 2017-2025" may be reduced by 6.79 billion rubles
Financing for the construction of the second stage of the Vostochny cosmodrome in 2023 can be increased by 14.6 billion rubles, according to an explanatory note to the draft budget for this period, which is available to TASS.
The United States handed over UH-1H helicopters to Colombia
The Colombian Ground Forces are starting the combat use of five UH-1H multi-purpose helicopters, which were previously operated as part of the Pakistan Air Force Air Corps.
Chinese J-16D Electronic Warfare Aircraft
The new Chinese electronic warfare aircraft Shenyang J-16D will be demonstrated for the first time at the international Aviation and Space salon Airshow China - 2021, which will open on September 28, 2021 in Zhuhai. A new plane in the color of the PLA Air Force arrived in Zhuhai today.
"Hercules" will learn to drive
The American Air Force seriously intends to conquer the water element. Yesterday, September 20, the portal militarytimes.com He reported that the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) announced the appearance of an amphibious version of the MC-130J Hercules military transport aircraft by the end of next year.
The US Army will receive five new B-21 strategic bombers
Very soon, the US Army will receive five new B-21 Raider strategic bombers built by Northrop Grumman Corporation. This was stated by the Secretary of the American Air Force Frank Kendall, speaking at the conference of the Air Force Association on September 21.
Fighters of a number of states took to the air because of two Russian Tu-160 "strategists" over the Baltic - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Fighters from Italy, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and other foreign planes took to the air because of the flight of two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
A pair of Tu-160 flew over the neutral waters of the Baltic
Two Tu-160 strategic missile carriers of Long-range aviation performed a planned flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. Fighter escort was provided by the crews of Su-35S aircraft of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Western Military District and Su-27 naval aviation of the Baltic Fleet.
Disadvantages of Chinese J-20 aircraft with Russian engines are named
Analysts called the shortcomings of the Chinese fifth-generation aircraft with Russian engines, which reduce the efficiency of the J-20. The maneuverability of the aircraft may not be enough to compete with the F-22 and F-35. This is reported by the South China Morning Post.
Pilots from Russia and Kazakhstan at an exercise near Orenburg practice strikes on anti-aircraft installations of conditional terrorists
Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers, Su-25 and Su-24MR aircraft together with the Su-25 of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan are working out fire tasks to destroy the positions of a conditional enemy within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) "Peace Mission-2021" exercise in the Orenburg region, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Tuesday.