The unsuccessful launch of the new Alpha rocket is associated with the premature shutdown of the first-stage engine. After the problem made itself felt, the carrier was blown up.

The Buran orbiter, located in Kazakhstan, has not yet lost its relevance. This opinion was expressed on Thursday, September 9, by Mikhail Kornienko, a pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, hero of Russia, to Izvestia.

Dmitry Rogozin, the General Director of Roscosmos, responded on Facebook to the owner of the Kazakh Rocket and Space Company Baikonur, Dauren Musa, who introduced himself as the owner of an almost ready-made flight model of the Soviet reusable Buran spacecraft, RIA Novosti reports.

The general director of the Kazakhstan JSC "Rocket and Space Company "Baikonur" Dauren Musa said that his company owns the second flight model of the Soviet "Buran". The businessman assured that the company does not plan to transfer it to Russia, TASS reports.

In addition, the astronauts need to complete the operations for the final connection of the Ethernet cable to the "Science", connect the interfaces of the MLM module and the "Star", install several cables and mount the installation platform.

The corresponding draft note of the Russian Foreign Ministry suggests the extension of the agreement on duty-free import of "space" goods for a period of five years until 2026

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin instructed the Foreign Ministry on behalf of the government to exchange notes with the United States on the extension of the duty-free import agreement for goods transported within the framework of Russian-American cooperation in the field of space exploration. The document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

The Commission on the Safety of the countries participating in the International Space Station (ISS) project recommended that the governments of the countries extend the operation of the station after 2024. This was reported to RIA Novosti in the press service of Roscosmos.

Roscosmos confirmed the triggering of an emergency alarm in the Russian Zvezda module. However, the incident did not affect the preparation of astronauts for a spacewalk – it is conducted normally.

The emergency alarm in the Zvezda service module of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) went off during automatic battery recharging, Roscosmos commented on press reports about smoke at the near-Earth laboratory.

A fire has occurred in the Russian Zvezda module on the International Space Station (ISS). This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the negotiations of the crew with the Mission Control Center near Moscow broadcast by NASA.

The forces of the rebel Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray (PFOT) operating against the troops of the Ethiopian Federal Government lost a T-72B tank. The combat vehicle is completely disabled.

As a result of an internal explosion of ammunition, the tower separated from the hull, several support rollers broke off from each side, the engine turned into debris.

The Fifth Fleet of the US Navy, based in the Middle East, said that it will deploy a new task force in the region, which will include air, surface and underwater unmanned vehicles.

During the visit of the delegation of Kazakhstan led by Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar to the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant of the Russian Helicopters Holding (part of the Rostec State Corporation), further prospects for the development of cooperation in the production of Mi-171 helicopters were discussed.

Currently, the" good name "of the Ukrainian aviation industry makes a "safety margin" of the An-124-100 Ruslan aircraft, which will finally go out of airworthiness in the 2040s. The corresponding dates of the disappearance of the Ukrainian aircraft industry are predicted by Defense Express.

Minsk believes that the creation of a combat training center will "strengthen the practical component of the unified regional air defense system of the Union State"

Belarusian and Russian Air Force and air defense units have taken up combat duty in Belarus as part of the joint training training center. This was reported on Thursday by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus.

The United States is concerned about the threat that can be carried by promising and modern single-engine aircraft of Russia and China. Analysts of Military Watch magazine compared the Russian Su-75 Checkmate with the Chinese J-10C fighter.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watched the military parade held in Pyongyang last night, but did not make a speech, KCNA reports.

The US position on the need to include non-strategic nuclear weapons in future agreements with Russia is unacceptable, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov believes that the cooling of relations between Moscow and Washington does not mean that the countries have been working in the field of counterterrorism for the last 20 years in vain.

The Russian servicemen used the calculation of the Tachyon drone, which helped to control the capture groups and fire cover, which made it possible to neutralize the conditional saboteurs at the captured checkpoint in the shortest possible time.