The launch of the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) has been postponed. This was reported on Tuesday, August 3, in the American company Boeing.

Roscosmos previously reported that due to the aging of a significant part of the station's equipment, the further operation of the Russian segment of the ISS after 2024 creates additional risks

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) expects that the US Congress will extend the work of the ISS until 2030 this year.

The head of NASA, Bill Nelson, during the conference on the operation of the International Space Station (ISS), said that the addition of the Russian module "Science" to the ISS will contribute to the development of cooperation between the Russian Federation and the United States.

Such a scheme leads to a reduction in fuel consumption, which, in the case of the launch of the Progress-MS truck, can be used to correct the station's orbit, said Raphael Murtazin, head of the corporation's ballistics department.

The previous orbit correction was carried out on June 24

The next correction of the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) in preparation for the launch of the Soyuz MS-19 manned transport vehicle (TPK) will take place on August 19. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Tuesday.

On August 2, Schiebel announced the completion of the demonstration of the S-100 Kamkopter helicopter type UAV to the command of the Greek Naval Forces.

The American company Bell Textron has shown three concepts of high-speed aircraft with vertical takeoff and landing. The devices will be able to hover in one place, like a helicopter, while their range and speed will be airplane-like. According to The Drive, the propellers on the wingtips of the aircraft will be folded, which will significantly reduce drag.

The German Air Force conducted flight tests of its newest Meteor air — to-air missile. According to Defense News, the military decided that the ammunition is ready for integration with Eurofighter Typhoon fighters.

On August 2, the South Korean company Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) announced the signing of a contract with the command of the Thai Air Force for the supply of two T-50TH Golden Eagle training aircraft.

The Intellectual Property Rights Court upheld the judicial acts of two lower instances, which recovered about 42 million rubles from the Ukrainian company "Motor Sich "for the illegal use of a series of trademarks"Mi" /Mi.

In the Eastern Military District, in the army aviation unit stationed in the Khabarovsk Territory, young pilots are mastering Ka-52 attack helicopters.

The battle-hardened Su-25 attack aircraft, which made tens of thousands of sorties only during the war in Afghanistan, will be able to remain in service for several more decades.

A knowledgeable source told TASS that a prototype of a promising new-generation strategic bomber will be assembled by 2023. Earlier it became known that the first sample of the engine for the new aircraft was manufactured in Russia.

Five days of the air show replace months of normal negotiations

Last week, one of the largest aviation salons in the world, MAKS – 2021, took place in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, where JSC "Arzamas Instrument-Making Plant named after P. I. Plandin"presented its stand.

A comprehensive operational and tactical exercise with the Grodno border Group began on Tuesday, according to a statement on the website of the State Border Committee of Belarus.

The commander of the Second Fleet of the US Navy, Vice Admiral Andrew Lewis, told RIA Novosti that he assesses cooperation with the Russian military as "adequate" and considers its development possible.

Military railway workers during the reconstruction of the Baikal-Amur mainline must hand over 19 objects in 3.5 years. This was announced by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Among the applicants-girls to the Krasnodar flight School-12 people per place, to the Military Medical Academy-more than 20. Suvorov students and cadets were children from Tajikistan, Syria, Mongolia, South Ossetia and for the first time - from Laos.

In preparation for the joint Russian-Chinese exercises "Sibu/Interaction-2021", servicemen of the Eastern Military District of the Russian Federation are trained in the operation of armored vehicles of the People's Liberation Army of China.

Commenting on the Russian-Chinese military exercises, the author emphasizes that the maneuvers are being conducted against the background of the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, which the United States plunged into chaos, leaving to the mercy of fate. In the current situation, Beijing and Moscow need to strengthen unity in the fight against the three forces that threaten the countries of Central Asia — terrorism, extremism and separatism.