Roscosmos expects to complete the project of creating a nuclear interplanetary tug by 2030, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin told Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny cosmodrome.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, showed Russian President Vladimir Putin a mock-up of the Russian space nuclear tug Zeus at the Vostochny cosmodrome, from where it is planned to launch in 2030. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

The launch of superheavy-class Angara missiles is planned to begin in 2026. This was announced by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin in an interview with the Zvezda TV channel.

Andrey Korolev thanked Musk for the invitation, hospitality and personal meeting

The grandson of the creator of the Soviet rocket and space technology, Sergei Korolev, Andrey Korolev, visited the American SpaceX plant at the invitation of the head of the company, Elon Musk. Korolev reported this on Facebook.

The United States has a sufficient supply of Russian RD-180 rocket engines, but they plan to continue purchasing the RD-181 model, the head of Roskosomos, Dmitry Rogozin, said.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, criticized the US sanctions and said that they undermine the market for free space launches. He said this on the air of the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live".

The operation of the International Space Station (ISS) will not create any big problems until 2025, said Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, on the air of the Solovyov Live YouTube channel.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, spoke about the operational life of the Russian upgraded Soyuz-2 rocket. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.

Launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk are also planned

Roscosmos plans to conduct two more launches of launch vehicles from the French Kourou cosmodrome by the end of the year. This was announced on Saturday on the air of the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live" by the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

Roscosmos and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed an agreement on the creation of the Spektr-UV ultraviolet space observatory. Mikhail Sachkov, Deputy Director of the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told RIA Novosti about this in an interview.

Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov began extravehicular activity on September 3

Cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov have completed a spacewalk, within the framework of which they began work on the integration of the multi-purpose laboratory module (MLM) "Science". The broadcast of extravehicular activity was conducted on the Roscosmos website.

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov were unable to connect an Ethernet cable to the Nauka module, NASA reported on Saturday, September 4, in a broadcast.

Nine spacewalks will be required for the full launch of the new module of the ISS "Nauka", said Alexander Kaleri, head of the flight and space center of the rocket and space corporation" Energia".

Pepper bloomed for the first time on board the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced on Friday, September 3, by American astronaut Megan MacArthur.

The Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences will test the protection of astronauts from radiation in interplanetary flights on the Science module of the International Space Station (ISS) in 2023, Igor Mitrofanov, head of the Department of Nuclear Planetology of the Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told RIA Novosti on September 5.

The launch of OneWeb satellites from the Vostochny Cosmodrome is scheduled for October 14. This was announced on Saturday, September 4, by the general director of the state corporation "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin.

The American company SpaceX plans to launch another batch of 60 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit on September 30, according to the data of the specialized website Space Launch Now.

The company-developer of rocket and space technology Firefly Aerospace Inc., owned by Ukrainian businessman Maxim Polyakov, reported on September 3 that the flight of the Alpha rocket was interrupted according to security protocols.

The helicopter-drone Ingenuity ("Ingenuity"), which arrived on Mars together with the Perseverance rover ("Perseverance"), made the 13th successful autonomous flight on the Red Planet, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported.

SpaceX plans to launch another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit at the end of September, according to the data of the specialized website Space Launch Now. The launch of the Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle is scheduled for the first time from the US Space Force Vandenberg Air Base in California, the Izvestia TV channel reports. This will be the 31st launch of Internet satellites into orbit since May 2019.