[b]According to the space agency, the method may later allow "obtaining and storing oxygen on Mars".]

Specialists of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the first time received oxygen from the atmosphere of Mars using a device installed on board the Perseverance planetary rover ("Perseverance"). This is stated in a statement published on Wednesday on the website of the US Space Agency.

According to the General Director of the company "Information Satellite Systems named after M. F. Reshetnev" Nikolay Testoedov, the supply of on-board equipment has already been fully completed, the device is assembled and is being tested.

The extension of the operation of the International Space Station (ISS) beyond 2024 will depend on a joint decision of the ISS partners. This was reported on Thursday, April 22, in the press service of the European Space Agency (ESA).

Reconnaissance planes of the United States and Great Britain, as well as an American strategic drone, were spotted south of the Crimea on Wednesday, April 21.

The US Navy Aviation Systems Command on its Twitter page reported on the start of the Sikorsky enterprise in Ovego (pc.New York) flight tests of the first multi-purpose marine helicopter MH-60R "Seahawk", intended for the Indian Navy.

The IRGC drone took down military equipment based on the deck of the USS Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier of the US Navy. The network has a video with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower of the US Navy, passing through the Strait of Hormuz in the direction of the Persian Gulf.

The United States has sent an official notification to Turkey about its exclusion from the program of production of the latest F-35 fighter jets due to Ankara's purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems.

According to the Greek publication Proto Thema, the Greek government is finalizing consideration of the purchase of an additional batch of multifunctional Rafale fighters in France.

According to the Times of India, having made a flight from the French air base "Merignac", on April 21, the fifth batch of Rafale fighters produced by Dassault Aviation arrived in India.

The Russian Helicopters holding company of the Rostec State Corporation will equip the Ansat helicopter with an external suspension that will allow the helicopter to carry oversized cargo weighing up to a ton.

The crews of the long-range anti-submarine aircraft and a separate mixed aviation regiment of the Northern Fleet (SF) worked out refueling in the air over the Arctic, the press service of the fleet reported on Thursday.

The crews of the Su-30SM aircraft of the fighter aviation regiment of the Eastern Military District, stationed in the Trans-Baikal Territory, worked out the maximum allowed time and range of flights, the press service of the district reports.

The Russian naval aviation will take on the newest Su-30SM2 fighters. According to the approved plan for the construction and procurement of aircraft and their components, a copy of which was reviewed by Izvestia, a little more than two dozen vehicles for the Ministry of Defense should be transferred to the customer by the end of 2022. All sides will undergo a special marine revision. Their official name is Su-30SM2 (Navy).

At least three military transport aircraft of the US, British and Canadian Air Forces have arrived in Ukraine over the past three days, according to data from Western air observers who tracked their route using signals from onboard transponders.

The government Commission on legislative activity approved a project that creates a unified communication system for the armies of the CIS countries.

Near Moscow, the exercises of the 45th engineering and camouflage regiment of the Russian Armed Forces were held, during which the military tested unusual inflatable equipment, the Zvezda TV channel reports. At the same time, the maneuvers of the "inflated" troops caused concern in a number of Western media, including the British The Sun.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered to return to the places of permanent deployment, the troops that were involved in the exercises in the south of the Russian Federation, by May 1 of this year.

More than 2 thousand servicemen and 60 units of military equipment were landed during large interspecific exercises in the Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Thursday.

As well as cooperation in the fields of energy, industry, transport and agriculture

Russia stands for intensifying cooperation with Iraq, including military-technical cooperation, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said after talks in Baghdad with the country's top leadership.

The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan will make it more difficult to strike terrorists, but will not deprive the Pentagon of the ability to conduct such operations, said on Tuesday the head of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), General Frank McKenzie.