The Russian crew will be able to fly twice a year on American ships, said the deputy administrator of the department

NASA expects that American astronauts will fly twice a year on the Russian "Soyuz", and the astronauts of Roscosmos-twice a year on American ships. This was reported to reporters on Friday by NASA Deputy Administrator Ken Bowersox.

The Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure (CENKI) has previously worked out the appearance of the ground-based infrastructure necessary for the operation of the Sea Launch cosmodrome.

The superheavy launch vehicle developed in the Russian Federation was named "Yenisei". It is planned to be used, among other things, for the lunar program, its first launch should be performed in 2028

The Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC) is ready for any development of events on the creation of a superheavy launch vehicle, the company's general director Dmitry Baranov told reporters.

The United Engine Corporation of Rostec has completed the first stage of testing a demonstrator of a ramjet pulsating detonation engine, which in the future will be able to be used in advanced rocket and space systems, hypersonic aircraft and orbital aircraft. The power plant in certain operating modes demonstrated an increase in specific thrust of up to 50% in comparison with the engines of traditional schemes.

At the same time, Josef Aschbacher considers it necessary to achieve greater commercial returns from the exploration of outer space

The project to build a space station in Earth's orbit, which will function as a hotel, is still reminiscent of science fiction and is unlikely to be implemented in the near future. This opinion was expressed by the Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), Josef Aschbacher, to a TASS correspondent.

The Canadian Air Force will soon receive another six of the 25 ordered F/A-18A "Hornet" fighters from the Australian Air Force.

The unmanned aerial vehicle "Mukha", developed by the operators of scientific companies, was demonstrated during a dynamic display at the thematic exhibition "Day of Innovations of the Ministry of Defense of Russia" in the technopolis "ERA".

American sailors photographed the passage of the Su-30 MICRONS over the deck of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt. On the official page of the US Navy published photos of the passage of the Su-30MKM of the Royal Malaysian Air Force over the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt.

A video has appeared on the Internet showing the interception by a Russian MiG-31 fighter of an American reconnaissance plane, which was moving towards the state border of the Russian Federation.

The video was published by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The crews of the Su-34 multi-role fighter-bombers together with the Su-24MR reconnaissance aircraft of the Central Military District aviation unit (CVO) at the test site in the Kurgan region, as part of a control check for the winter training period, worked out refueling in the air and missile launches.

It is unlikely that the Russian fifth-generation fighter, which is being worked on in the MiG design bureau (KB) (is in the process of merging with Sukhoi), will make its first flight by 2025, the American publication The National Interest said.

The formations and military units of the Air Force and air defense forces of Belarus will receive new samples of weapons and equipment, said the Chief of the General Staff-First Deputy Commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces Andrey Gurtsevich.

China and India have agreed to maintain contact through military and diplomatic channels following the 11th round of talks at the level of the countries ' military commanders. This is reported by CGTN with reference to the Saturday statement of the zone of the combat command of the People's Liberation Army of China.

US President Joe Biden has asked Congress to allocate $753 billion from the federal budget for national defense programs. The funds will also be used to deter threats allegedly coming from China and Russia, CNN reported on April 9.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that at talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky in Istanbul, he confirmed Ankara's decision not to recognize the"annexation of Crimea".

Ukraine used a Turkish attack drone in the Donbas

The Ukrainian military has lifted into the air over the Donbas a Bayraktar TB2 attack drone purchased from Turkey, capable of carrying guided anti-tank missiles and aerial bombs. The drone flew to the Donbass from the southern regions of Ukraine through the Kherson, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions, after which it returned to the place of deployment.

An informed source of RIA Novosti in Moscow confirmed the existence of military biological laboratories of the United States in Ukraine.

Russia will take measures to protect Russian citizens in the event of a war in the Donbas and the threat of mass casualties for the civilian population in this region, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

The room is designed for 200 military personnel

The only barracks in the Far East, decorated in the loft style, was put into operation after reconstruction in a historic building built almost 120 years ago in Ussuriysk in Primorye, the press service of the Military Construction Complex of the Russian Defense Ministry told TASS on Friday.

Russian marines in the framework of the exercise broke through the defense of the imaginary enemy and landed on the unequipped coast in Kamchatka, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday, April 9.