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The sOyuz rocket will send the Euclid telescope to search for dark matter at the end of 2022. This was announced on September 29 by the European Space Agency (ESA).

NASA experts postponed the fourteenth flight of the Mars helicopter "Ingenuity" for an indefinite period - this is due to both the impending connection of the Sun and Mars, and unresolved problems in the operation of the skew machine, according to the agency's website.

On September 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the fulfillment of instructions for the long-term development of the space industry. So, in April, the Government was instructed to prepare a set of appropriate measures, but this was not fully done. According to the Russian leader, delays in the implementation of the program can lead to risks.

The National Space Administration of the People's Republic of China will publish the data obtained during the mission

The Chinese interplanetary automatic station Chang'E-4 and the lunar rover Yutu-2 have so far spent 1 thousand Earth days on the far side of the Moon. This was reported on Wednesday by the Xinhua news Agency with reference to the Center for Lunar Research and Space Programs of the People's Republic of China, which is part of the structure of the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA).

Russian specialists are developing the idea of creating a service orbital station, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

In addition, a memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Russia-Mexico Business Committee and the Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade, Investment and Technology

Mexico and Russia have signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in space exploration. This was announced on Wednesday on Facebook by the diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation in the Latin American country.

As reported in Roscosmos, the declaration will be a continuation of the memorandum of understanding between the governments of the two countries on the creation of a lunar station

Roscosmos and the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) will present a declaration on the International Scientific Lunar Station (MNLS) during the International Astronautical Congress in Dubai. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Monday.

Four astronauts will take part in the flight, including Chris Boshuizen, a former NASA engineer and co-founder of Planet Labs, and Glen de Vries, vice chairman of the Dassault Systmes division.

The commander of the US Space Forces, General John Raymond, believes that all of them can pose a danger

The US military is monitoring more than 30 thousand objects in Earth orbit and believes that all of them may pose a danger. This was announced by the commander of the US Space Forces, General John Raymond, on Monday, speaking at a video conference organized by the Defense One publication.

The ninth satellite is intended to replace Landsat 7, which was launched in April 1999

The Earth remote sensing satellite from the Landsat series has been successfully put into orbit. This was reported on Monday on Twitter by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

The assembly method was developed by the head scientific institute of Roscosmos TsNIIMash

The head scientific institute of Roscosmos TsNIIMash has developed a method for assembling a satellite with wireless charging from composite modules in orbit. This is stated in the patent application, registered in September 2021 (available to TASS).

An international group of scientists has compiled a list of the 50 most dangerous objects in low Earth orbit. The first 20 lines are occupied by the spent second stages of the Zenit-2 launch vehicles assembled in Ukraine. This was reported on September 28 by RIA Novosti with reference to an article by specialists.

Scientists from China, Germany and the USA found fragments with an "exotic" chemical composition in the samples of lunar soil delivered by the Chang'e 5 spacecraft. The results of the preliminary soil analysis were presented by scientists at the European Congress on Planetary Sciences.

As specified in the scientific and production association, such cooperation will solve the problem of environmental protection

The ISKRA Scientific and Production Association (NGO) (part of Roscosmos) discussed at a meeting on the introduction of innovative and high-tech products in Gazprom PJSC a project to create a constellation of satellites for monitoring objects of a Unified gas supply system. This was reported to TASS by the NGO's press service on Tuesday.

The economic indicators of Ukrainian rocket and space industry enterprises are getting worse from year to year, since Ukraine does not create demand for space products, and there are no tools to attract international investment, Vladimir Usov, former head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine (SCAU) and director of the private company Kurs Orbital, said in an interview with Defense Express.

Roselectronics Holding (part of ROSTEC) will begin mass production of the first Russian ultrahigh frequency switches for spacecraft in early 2022, the press service of the state corporation reported.

On board the Yuri Gagarin spacecraft are Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Peter Dubrov, as well as American astronaut Mark Vande Hai

The manned spacecraft "Yu. A. Gagarin" (Soyuz MS-18) docked to the multipurpose laboratory module "Science". The broadcast is conducted on the Roscosmos website.

The world's largest air show was held in China. The show began with aerobatics, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The J-16D electronic warfare aircraft, the WZ-7 high-altitude drone, is presented for the first time. The aerospace exhibition in Zhuhai is held every two years. A 3D model of the space station complex is presented. The air show runs from September 28 to October 3, the main theme is military and space technology.

Roscosmos first published the composition of the future Russian orbital station on the public procurement website on Thursday, September 23. According to the document, the state corporation has allocated funding for the development of requirements for it and its seven modules in the amount of 1.735 billion rubles.

As the Central Television of China reports, the device has been successfully launched into a given orbit

China on Monday launched the remote sensing satellite of the Jilin-1 HR-02D series. This was reported by the Central Television of China.