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The new Berth node module will allow up to five Russian ships to dock simultaneously to the International Space Station (ISS), thereby expanding the technical capabilities of the Russian segment. In addition, the Berth will provide fuel transfer from cargo ships to other modules of the station, the transmission of recharging and the transmission of information between docked objects.

The launch of the Progress M-UM spacecraft with the Berth node module on the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome is scheduled for 16:06 Moscow time on November 24. Docking to the multipurpose laboratory module "Nauka" is planned on November 26.

About the device of the module, its future location as part of the Russian segment of the ISS and new features - in the TASS infographic.

The launch of the launch vehicle was postponed from December 6 due to the need to refine the upper stage

The launch of the Proton-M launch vehicle is scheduled for 15:09 Moscow time on December 12. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Wednesday.

A probe will be launched to one of them

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will launch on Wednesday the DART probe (Double Asteroid Redirection Test - "Experiment to change the orbit of a double asteroid"), which is designed to test the first of its kind protection of the Earth from potentially dangerous space objects.

The agreement will allow the countries to develop mutually beneficial cooperation in manned space exploration, the creation of space technology, planetary research, remote sensing of the Earth, satellite navigation, telecommunications and communications.

Scientists believe that it was formed from 1.7 to 2 billion years ago

TASS, November 23. Thanks to seismic data collected by the InSight Martian lander, scientists have discovered traces of an ancient crater under a layer of frozen lava. The description of the work was published by the scientific journal Nature Communications.

2600 children from 63 countries of the world took part in the international drawing contest

Eight-year-old Yarina Zakalyuzhnaya from the city of Zhytomyr won the drawing contest of the European Space Agency, now a copy of her work will be applied to the body of the Ariane 5 rocket, which will go into space in 2023. This was reported on Tuesday by the Ukrainian publication "Public".

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said earlier that the launch of the Proton-M carrier rocket with the Express-AMU3 and Express-AMU7 telecommunications satellites was postponed to December 12

Specialists of the M. V. Khrunichev Center eliminated the remark identified earlier on the Briz-M upper stage, which will be used to launch the Express-AMU3 and Express-AMU7 spacecraft into target orbits. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of Roscosmos.

China has successfully put an Earth sensing satellite into orbit. The Gaofen-3 device is designed to monitor the sea and land, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The radar scans the Earth's surface in 12 modes. From orbit, images with a resolution of 1 m can be obtained. With this technology, the clarity of the shooting is not affected by weather conditions and illumination. The satellite became the second device from the Gaofen-3 series, the first was launched in 2016.

Deputy head of NASA Thomas Zurbuchen said that none of the asteroids known to specialists in the next 100 years threatens to collide with the Earth.

The maximum load for it is 8.25 tons

Roscosmos may set a record for the mass output to the International Space Station (ISS) by the Soyuz-2 rocket during the launch of the Berth node module. This was reported to TASS by cosmonautics historian Alexander Zheleznyakov.

The launch of the James Webb space telescope is postponed from December 18 to December 22 due to an incident in the vertical assembly workshop during the preparation of the device for launch, NASA reported.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, predicted the timing of the emergence of the Internet from space in Russia. He noted that the Sphere program will allow receiving it in 2024, TASS reports.

Spacecraft will also be used to monitor possible natural disasters, the newspaper notes

The Japanese government plans to launch three small satellites in the middle of this decade that will be able to track the enemy's hypersonic gliding warheads. This was reported by the Yomiuri newspaper on Monday, citing sources.

The Russian Federation has handed over to Lebanon satellite images taken on the day of the explosion in the port of Beirut. This was stated on November 22 by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a press conference with his Lebanese counterpart Abdullah Bu Habib.

The S-550 mobile missile defense system being developed in Russia will be able to shoot down American X-37 orbital UAVs capable of carrying nuclear charges, RIA Novosti reports, citing sources in the defense industry.

The ESA member countries have signed a manifesto calling for the development of the European manned program and the acceleration of sending a probe to the Saturn system.

The Kursk nuclear submarine was lost in 2000 as a result of a collision with a NATO submarine, its name is known "with a 90% probability," Admiral Vyacheslav Popov, who commanded the Northern Fleet at that time, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Roscosmos received more than 12 billion rubles from the reserve fund for the lunar program and the creation of new satellites

Roscosmos received the first funds for the creation of the Sphere satellite system, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin said.

L The volunteers will then have to go through four exams

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on Friday in a message on its website that from December 20 it will begin a new set of astronauts who, in particular, will be able to take part in lunar exploration programs. Applications will be accepted until March 4, volunteers will then have to go through four exams, the winners of the competition will be announced approximately in March 2023, after which they will begin training.

Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Igor Krasnov held a meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region and, following its results, demanded that Roscosmos and other responsible structures monitor compliance with legislation during the construction of facilities on a daily basis.