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Today marks the 323rd anniversary of the establishment of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

In an interview with the correspondent of Krasnaya Zvezda, Sergei Rudskoy spoke about the specifics of military planning for the actions of troops (forces) in a special military operation, the urgent tasks assigned to the Main Operational Directorate today, and much more.

Solar radiation in interplanetary space is one of the serious problems for manned space exploration. The flight to Mars lasts for many months, and it is not yet possible to predict a major solar event. Nevertheless, scientists have found a way to promptly notify the crew of the beginning of such an event and give the astronauts time to hide from the peak dose. As it turned out, a device that is already successfully operating on Mars can help in this.

Mikhail Kotov — on the conditions for the deployment of take-off complexes for spacecraft

70 years ago, on February 12, 1955, the Council of Ministers of the USSR adopted a resolution on the creation of an intercontinental ballistic missile test site in Kazakhstan. It was he who became the Baikonur cosmodrome in the future. Six years later, on April 12, 1961, the Vostok—1 rocket was launched from there, which for the first time in the world delivered a man, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, into low-Earth orbit. This is how Baikonur became humanity's first gateway to space.

The Joint Air Defense System of the CIS member States (hereinafter referred to as the CIS Air Defense System) is one of the most sought–after and effective systems of multilateral military cooperation in the post–Soviet space.

Instead of Yuri Borisov, Roscosmos was headed by Dmitry Bakanov, who in recent years has been in charge of innovative development issues at the Ministry of Transport, including projects on unmanned vehicles. Borisov, under whom a series of trouble-free rocket launches continued, set the bar high. What do experts expect from the new head of Roscosmos and what tasks will he have to solve first?

The developers from China stated that the Chang'e-7 mission includes a jumping robotic platform. It is used to explore the south pole of the Earth's satellite, and before the expected landing of American astronauts.

Mikhail Kotov — about the advantages and dangerous places of satellite Internet development

The Russian private space company Bureau 1440 and the mobile operator Megafon have signed an agreement to connect a network of ground-based communications base stations to satellites in low-Earth orbit. The technology will allow subscribers to receive next-generation broadband Internet services even in the most remote areas.

At the end of January this year, a book by journalist, aviation and cosmonautics historian A.A. Simonov "The Earth Orbits of Yuri Gagarin" was published in Moscow, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of the first cosmonaut of our planet.

US President Donald Trump has accused Russia of "stealing" a hypersonic weapons project, but promises that the Pentagon will have such missiles during his reign. Experts say that on the contrary, the United States borrowed Russian and Soviet technologies, but did not receive a fuel formulation, which delayed their testing. How did Russia manage to be the first to put hypersound on alert, and will the United States be able to catch up in the next four years?

Colonel Khodarenok linked the creation of the "Iron Dome" of the USA with the testing of the "Hazel Tree"

Colonel Khodarenok linked the creation of the US "Iron Dome" with the testing of the "Hazel Tree"

. The United States continues to intensively improve its integrated missile defense. US President Donald Trump intends to create an Iron Dome missile defense shield to protect his country. How the United States is going to defend itself and whether the test of the Russian Oreshnik missile system has greatly influenced Washington's plans in this area - in the material of the military observer Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Mikhail Kotov — about a Japanese cubesat and a tree in space

During the astronauts' spacewalk from the ISS in mid-January, the Japanese LignoSat spacecraft was launched. It is noteworthy here that the satellite has a significant part of the wooden elements in its design. However, do not think that this is an isolated practice.

Donald Trump intends to create an American "Iron Dome". According to experts, the project could be a continuation of Ronald Reagan's strategic defense initiative, better known as Star Wars. However, if in the 1980s the United States failed to put into orbit the necessary capabilities for a global missile defense system, today the Republicans have enlisted the support of Elon Musk. Will this help Washington?

Colonel Khodarenok: The US armed forces under Trump will take into account their experience

On January 20, the inauguration of the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump, will take place. In his speech, the new head of the White House will surely touch upon US national security issues. Military observer of "Gazeta.Mikhail Khodarenok tried to imagine what the "US global leadership" in the military sphere will be based on, what kind of weapons Washington will have and what Donald Trump's "nuclear cudgel" will look like.

A Chinese state-owned company conducted a test launch of a Longxing-2 rocket aimed at testing the stages of atmospheric entry and controlled landing. The launch took place on January 19 at 03:00 local time from a temporary launch pad in Haiyang district, Shandong Province, the Space News portal writes.

Musk: Starship explosion caused by fuel or oxygen leak

SpaceX, owned by American billionaire Elon Musk, launched a launch vehicle with a prototype of the Starship spacecraft on January 16 as part of its seventh test launch. After some time, company representatives announced the loss of a part of a reusable superheavy rocket — communication with the second stage of Starship was lost after about 8.5 minutes of flight.

The rocket, which has been under development for years with significant funding from Jeff Bezos, carries an experimental platform designed to place satellites and then launch them into proper orbits.

The Falcon 9 rocket launched into space a lander carrying a small lunar rover, a memory disk with recordings in 275 languages, and the most amusing payload was a miniature art object - a model of a classic cozy house with a gable roof. However, the author of the idea of the unusual project admitted that this cargo could not be called "useful", nevertheless, he dreamed of seeing it on the Moon for 25 years.

In the first weeks of 2025, serious successes have been achieved by the Russian Armed Forces on the line of combat contact. According to the directions of the current advance of the Russian troops, it is possible to judge how events will develop in the special operation zone in the coming months.

Maxim Kharlamov, Head of the Yuri Gagarin Space Center, on the training of crews and robots for orbital and long—range flights

The teledroid robot is undergoing training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Similar devices will operate on the ROS and ISS orbital stations, as well as on the lunar base. Maxim Kharlamov, the head of the center, told Izvestia about this.

January 11 marked the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Research and Testing Center (CPC, part of Roscosmos). During this time, about 400 cosmonauts have been trained at the CPC. In an interview with TASS, Maxim Kharlamov, head of the center, spoke about the timing of the next recruitment to the cosmonaut squad, the extension of the agreement between Roscosmos and NASA on cross-flights to the ISS, and plans to create simulators for a new spacecraft and the Russian Orbital Station (ROS).