Ankara is ready to purchase a second regiment of S-400 air defense systems from Russia, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, as quoted by the Turkish newspaper Sabah.

New targets will be added to the Russian anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPK) "Pantsir-M", Izvestia reports, citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry.

The range of destruction of unmanned aerial vehicles by the anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex "Pantsir" has been increased by 30%, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The Russian anti-aircraft gunner became the only participant of the "Clear Sky" competition at the Army International Games who hit a high-speed target-a TY-300D missile.

The Russian Missile Attack Warning System (SPRN) detected 28 launches of foreign ballistic missiles in the first half of 2021,Sergei Boev, general designer of the SPRN, General Director of the Interstate Joint-Stock Corporation Vimpel, told RIA Novosti.

Placing nuclear weapons in space is a crime, and if the United States takes this step, an adequate response will follow from Russia. This was stated by the general director of the state corporation "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin in an interview with " Gazeta.<url>", published on August 29.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that there are no facts of the existence of humanoid aliens, but various forms of life can exist in the Universe.

The private space company Astroscale has successfully conducted the first test of the technology of magnetic capture of near-Earth satellites as part of the ELSA-d mission. It is expected that this will help to create a device for capturing and data from orbit of spent near-Earth satellites, according to the company's website.

A sharp increase in the number of patients with coronavirus has put space launches in the United States at risk. This is written by Bloomberg.

The American aerospace company Astra postponed its first commercial rocket launch at the last second of the countdown. This is reported by Investors Business Daily.

The test launch of the Astra launch vehicle did not go according to plan. The rocket deviated slightly and shifted to the side, without gaining altitude from the launch field. The device in a few seconds rushed up. After 2.5 minutes of flight, the engines shut down.

The American company SpaceX has successfully launched a Falcon 9 launch vehicle, the first stage of the ship landed on a floating drone platform in the Atlantic Ocean. This is reported in the Twitter account of SpaceX.

Russia may launch the Luna-25 spacecraft on May 25 next year. Previously, they wanted to hold the launch in October 2021.

Ten meteorological satellites are planned to be launched in Russia by 2027. This became known from the joint report of Roscosmos and Roshydromet, presented at the meeting of the coordination group on meteorological satellites CGMS.

The Krasnoyarsk company" Information Satellite Systems " named after Reshetnev (ISS) is ready to become one of the key manufacturers of spacecraft under the Sphere program, which provides for the creation of a global satellite constellation, Roscosmos reported.

The work with the model is carried out in VR-glasses and with the help of wireless manipulators

Military Space Academy named after Mozhaisk has developed and is testing a virtual simulator for the installation and testing complex at the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the military university told reporters during the Army-2021 forum on Saturday.

The technical solutions being worked out during the creation of the ROSS orbital station will find their application in modules that will be sent to other planets.

Inspections as part of the missile system are planned later

Autonomous throwing tests of the emergency rescue rocket unit (RBAS) will start in late 2023-early 20024. This was reported to TASS in the corporation "Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering" (MIT, part of Roscosmos).

The head of Roscosmos recalled the creation of an audit system and constant inspections by the security department

Roscosmos is working to get rid of employees who abuse their position and promote relatives, said Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of the state corporation.

In recent days, the Japanese military has reported two flights of the Chinese TW328/TB-001 UAV from Tengden Technology, first in the East China Sea, and then in the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. And for the second time, together with the Y-9JZ radio intelligence aircraft and the Y-8Q base patrol aircraft of the People's Liberation Army Navy of China.