The American company SpaceX has conducted 100 successful launches of the Falcon 9 heavy rocket in a row, according to Ars Technica. The publication notes that the last launch of the carrier took place on May 26, when the Starlink satellites were delivered to Earth orbit.

[b]The implementation of the Artemis and Lunar Gateway programs "will demonstrate the technical capabilities for a future human mission to Mars," according to an agreement between NASA and the Canadian Space Agency.]

The Canadian astronaut will become a member of the Artemis 2 program of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration( NASA), and Canada will also send a lunar rover to the Moon in the next five years. This was announced on Wednesday on Twitter by the Minister for Innovation, Science and Industry of the country Francois-Philippe Champagne.

Roscosmos and CNSA announced the signing of a memorandum of cooperation on the creation of an international station in early March

Roscosmos and the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) have invited partners to the International Lunar Science Station (ISS) project and expect to receive a response at the Global Space Exploration Conference GLEX in St. Petersburg. This was reported by TASS Deputy General Director of the State Corporation for International Cooperation Sergey Savelyev.

It was withdrawn for maintenance on May 25

The Glonass-M spacecraft No. 732 (23rd point) was transferred from maintenance to the main part of the orbital group. This is stated on the website of the Information and Analytical Center for Coordinate-time and Navigation Support.

On May 24, Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana announced the purchase of T-129B ATAK helicopters from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) as part of the new attack helicopter delivery program.

A US Army Air Force AH-64 Apache attack helicopter has made an emergency landing during an exercise in Romania. This happened last Tuesday in the district of Pecinaga, a commune in the district of Constanta (Northern Dobruja).

There was information about the fall of a fighter designed to simulate an air battle with the enemy during the training of American pilots. Videos from the crash site have also been released.

Tests of the IL-112B light transport aircraft are being completed, and two aircraft will be delivered by the end of 2021. This was stated on May 27 by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and representatives of the military-industrial complex (MIC).

The Russian Defense Ministry needs a much larger number of military transport planes and helicopters, President Vladimir Putin said.

The press service of the Northern Fleet twice in the last two days reported a reconnaissance raid by a Norwegian military aircraft near our borders.

The Drive highly appreciated the armament of the Tu-22M3 bombers in Syria.

The Drive portal has carefully studied the photos and videos of the Russian Defense Ministry dedicated to the mission of the Tu-22M3 strategic bombers in Syria. The observer's attention was attracted by a huge X-22 rocket (11.6 meters long), under the wing of one of the planes.

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has taken over the management of PJSC Tupolev (a developer and manufacturer of missile carriers and special-purpose aircraft), a representative of the UAC told Interfax.

Indian defense exports in the 2020-2021 fiscal year have shown sufficient stability: the decline in the volume of exports of VIVT was insignificant during the most acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, as evidenced by recently updated data from the Ministry of Defense of the country.

Ukrainian drones are increasingly appearing near the border with Russia. This was announced by the first Deputy director of the FSB of the Russian Federation - the head of the Border Service Vladimir Kulishov.

The head of the investigation team in the case of the downed Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 in the sky over the Donbass, Digna van Butzelar, said that the investigation is currently working to identify those who ordered the delivery of the Buk anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) to Ukraine and those who directly "pressed the button".

The Pentagon does not consider Russia an enemy, said US Defense Department spokesman John Kirby.

Since the beginning of the year, the troops of the Western Military District (ZVO) have received about 300 units of military and special equipment under the state defense order, said the commander of the troops of the ZVO, Colonel-General Alexander Zhuravlev.

An explosion occurred at an air base of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) near Tehran, the portal Disclose reported on May 25.tv on your Twitter.

The United States does not yet consider it possible to withdraw its military from Syria, as they continue to carry out the main mission - the fight against ISIL (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation), Pentagon press Secretary John Kirby told reporters.

The US Navy Command announced the construction of the next-generation John Lewis class tanker (T-AO 208) "Robert F." at the General Dynamics-National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO), which began on May 21.Kennedy."