Spain unveils reusable launch vehicle
The private company PLD Space has introduced a reusable suborbital rocket Miura 1. It was the first carrier developed in Spain.
Into space from a centrifuge
It will be possible to get into space without resorting to rockets. Yesterday, November 11, the portal thedrive.com He reported that the American company SpinLaunch has successfully tested a centrifuge that will be able to send small satellites into orbit.
Crew Dragon-3 docked with the ISS in automatic mode
The Crew Dragon-3 manned spacecraft docked with the ISS. There were four astronauts on board the SpaceX spacecraft. The docking was carried out in automatic mode. The process was completed 21 hours after the launch of the ship, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The crew includes three NASA astronauts and a German astronaut from the European Space Agency. Specialists will work at the station for six months - until April 2022.
NASA astronauts will go into outer space on November 30 to replace the antenna
NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron will go into outer space from the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, November 30 to replace a non-working antenna on one of the truss structures of the station, according to the NASA website.
"Ingenuity" made the fifteenth flight on Mars
The Mars helicopter "Ingenuity" made its fifteenth flight in the atmosphere of the Red Planet, which became the first full-fledged flight at very high propeller speeds. The drone flew 406 meters in a little over two minutes and received a number of color images of the surrounding area, according to NASA Twitter.
China will be able to land taikonauts on the moon before 2030 - Academy of Space Technologies of the country
China is able to land taikonauts on the surface of the Moon in the period earlier than 2030, the technical adviser of the Chinese Academy of Space Technologies (CAST) said on the air of the Chinese Television Network Ye Peijian.
China has announced plans to send taikonauts to the moon by 2030
China plans to land Taikonauts on the surface of the moon earlier than 2030. This was told on the air of the Chinese Global Television Network by the technical adviser of the Chinese Academy of Space Technologies Ye Peijian.
Roscosmos revealed a malfunction of the Luna-25 automatic station device
Experts discovered a malfunction during tests of the Doppler speed and range meter (DISD-LR), designed to ensure a soft landing of the Luna-25 spacecraft. This was reported to TASS on November 13 in the press service of Roscosmos.
RAS discusses with Roscosmos the development of robots to study the moon
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) is working with Roscosmos to create robots to study the Moon, there is no development agreement yet, Academy President Alexander Sergeev told Interfax.
Russia predicted leadership in the "moon race"
Maxim Litvak, head of the laboratory of the ICI RAS, said that the launch of the Luna-25 interplanetary station in 2022 will help Russia to get ahead in the "lunar race", RIA Novosti reports.
The Glonass-K satellite was withdrawn from the orbital grouping
Now the GLONASS orbital grouping includes 25 spacecraft
The Russian navigation satellite of the new generation Glonass-K No. 701 has been withdrawn from the orbital grouping. This is stated in a message distributed on Friday by the GLONASS Consumer application Center.
The launch of the Russian telescope to search for life was postponed for a year
The project of the Russian space telescope "Millimetron", which provides for the launch of the astrophysical observatory "Spectrum-M", will begin to be implemented not in 2029, but a year later. This was stated by the acting head of the FIAN Astrocosmic Center Sergey Likhachev.
The Russian "Millimetron" will cost 100 times cheaper than the American James Webb
The Russian space telescope "Millimetron" will be 100 times cheaper than the American James Webb orbital laboratory, Deputy Director of the Physics Institute of the Academy of Sciences Larisa Likhacheva said at a meeting of the Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on Space. Her statement is reported by RIA Novosti.
The Roscosmos enterprise will create materials and alloys for advanced rockets and engines
It is assumed that they will withstand high and low temperatures, vibrations during removal, exposure to vacuum, ionizing radiation
Roscosmos has signed a contract with JSC Composite (part of the state corporation) to develop the latest materials for new rocket technology, according to the public procurement portal.
Two communication satellites will be launched from Baikonur on December 6
The Proton-M rocket will launch two Express-AMU3 and Express-AMU7 communication satellites into orbit from the Baikonur cosmodrome on December 6, Roscosmos reported.
The Roscosmos enterprise has developed a reusable ship for suborbital tourism
The development will also help to significantly increase the height of the parachute jump - up to almost 100 km
The Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (part of Roscosmos) has patented a suborbital spacecraft for flights of space tourists and high-altitude parachute jumps. This is stated in the patent for the invention distributed by the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (available to TASS).
Cosmonaut Saveliev has been appointed the new General Designer of RSC Energia
Vladimir Solovyov, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, cosmonaut and flight director of the Russian segment of the ISS, has been appointed the new general designer of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia. This was reported on Friday, November 12, by the RIA Novosti news agency.
NATO reconnaissance planes conducted four flights near the borders of the Russian Federation in the Black Sea
NATO aircraft conducted four reconnaissance flights over the Black Sea.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Aerospace Forces and the Black Sea Fleet found and escorted 4 NATO reconnaissance aircraft in the airspace over the Black Sea region. In particular, the strategic reconnaissance aircraft U-2S of the US Air Force conducted reconnaissance from the airspace of Ukraine and the northwestern part of the Black Sea.
Unmanned Black Hawk helicopter made its first flight
The US Army has for the first time lifted into the air a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter equipped with an unmanned flight system. The helicopter made a test flight at the Yuma proving ground in Arizona in early November. This is reported by Defense Express with reference to Flight Global magazine.
In the USA, they began testing a gun for a new helicopter
Tests of the new weapons began in the United States. The 20 mm Gatling gun is designed for a helicopter that is being developed as part of the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) project. This is reported by Flight Global.