Croatia has signed a contract for the purchase of 12 French-made Dassault Rafale fighters. The new aircraft will replace the Soviet MiG-21s of the Croatian Air Force. This is reported by the Defense Blog with reference to the Dassault Aviation concern.

According to the head of Roscosmos, it is cosmonautics that is the showcase of the availability of technologies in the country

Sociologists have noted a sharp increase in interest in Russian cosmonautics over the past 2-3 years. This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

48 specialists received the award

Almost 50 people have become laureates of the Gagarin Prize of the Russian Government in the field of space activities for 2021. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov.

The Director General of Roscosmos noted that "he has already instructed the general designer of RSC Energia to consider the creation of a manned and cargo ship for flights to ROSS

The frequency of flights to the promising Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS) will be higher than to the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin to journalists on Monday.

The previous correction of the station's orbit height was carried out on November 10

Correction of the ISS orbit is expected at the end of December. This was reported to journalists in the press service of Roscosmos.

According to the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, the experiment will be conducted not for astronauts, but for earthlings

Roscosmos, together with the Russian Academy of Sciences and private companies, plans to put plants in orbit that will become more hardy, and then return them to Earth. This was stated by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

Russian Space Systems (RKS) has accelerated the production of integrated circuits for satellite data transmission systems tenfold, Roscosmos reports.

As the executive director of Roscosmos, Alexander Bloshenko, clarified, such equipment will allow transmitting information in almost real time

The head scientific institute of Roscosmos TsNIIMash will develop equipment for the organization of high-speed communication lines between low-orbit satellites and the Earth. This was reported to TASS by the executive director of Roscosmos for Advanced Programs and Science, Alexander Bloshenko.

Roscosmos admits that the United States may abandon the Venus-D joint project, in which case the Russian Federation will launch the station on its own, said Dmitry Rogozin, head of the state corporation.

Otherwise, Russia will "fall out" of the three great space powers, the head of Roscosmos believes

Russia will "fall out" of the three great space powers if it does not implement the Venus-D project by 2030, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said.

If Russia does not launch a mission to Venus by 2030, it will "fall out" of the three space powers. The condition for being on such a list was announced by the General director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

Russia must implement the Venus-D project by 2030, otherwise it will "fall out" of the three great space powers. This was announced on November 29 by Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the Roscosmos State Corporation.

SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft will deliver supplies and fuel to the International Space Station (ISS) on December 21, NASA announced on Sunday.

The launch of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle from the cosmodrome is scheduled for December 2

The American company SpaceX plans to launch 53 more mini-satellites into orbit for its Starlink network on December 2. This was reported on Sunday by a specialized portal Spaceflightnow.com .

The Russian military announced a new successful test launch of a hypersonic missile "Zircon" from the frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov".

The Admiral Gorshkov frigate has successfully completed a new test launch of the Zircon hypersonic missile in the White Sea at a range of more than 400 kilometers, the Defense Ministry reported. On the air of Sputnik radio, Reserve Major General Vladimir Bogatyrev evaluated the tests.

The Russian Aerospace Forces will receive new aircraft with hypersonic weapons next year, Lieutenant General Andrey Yudin said. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Alexey Leonkov commented on the information.

The Russian Defense Ministry showed the loading of the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the launch shaft. The Kozelsky missile compound was the first to receive a new mine-based ammunition. The video of the rocket preparation was published by the Telegram channel Zvezdanews.

In the Kozelsky missile compound (Kaluga Region), an intercontinental ballistic missile "Yars" was loaded into a mine launcher (SHPU).

Currently, the share of modern models of equipment in the formations and military units of the RCB protection forces is more than 60%.