The S-550 missile defense system being created in Russia will be designed to destroy orbital space targets. Among them are the American unmanned spacecraft X-37, which, according to the military, can be used as a space weapon.

Russia is developing a new S-550 missile defense system that specializes in intercepting intercontinental ballistic missiles and combating threats from outer space. According to Mark Episkopos, at the moment it is not very clear whether the United States and its NATO partners should be afraid of the new Russian missile defense system.

The export of the S-500 anti-aircraft system may begin in a few years, Rosoboronexport reported. The first deliveries of the S-500 to the Russian army are planned before the end of the year. On the air of Sputnik radio, expert Yuri Kotenok spoke about the features of this system.

China has successfully launched a Gaofeng-11 series remote sensing satellite into orbit, the China Space Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said on Saturday.

The ultra-light carrier Rocket of the American company Astra, positioned as potentially the cheapest rocket in the world for launching a small payload into space, has reached near-Earth orbit for the first time. The corresponding video was posted on Twitter by the editor NASASpaceFlight.com By Chris Bergin.

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).

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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.

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 needs to have its own anti-satellite weapons, said Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos.