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Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation - Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov took part in the plenary session of the Army-2023 forum on August 14.

In 2023, the exhibition exposition of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army" provides for many novelties and features.

For the first time since 1976, Russia launched a rocket to the moon, Anadolu reports. The mission will last approximately one year. In this regard, the correspondents of the Turkish news agency remind us what successes Russia has achieved in space exploration.

Will the flight organized by Virgin Galactic open a new era of extraterrestrial travel

The first suborbital flight made by private commercial tourists took place. It was held as part of the Galactic 02 mission of Virgin Galactic. The reusable ship VSS Unity went to the edge of space, on board of which there were six people — three crew members and three passengers.

On Friday, August 11, at 02:11 Moscow time, the Soyuz-2.1b medium rocket with the Fregat upper stage and the Luna-25 automatic interplanetary station (AMS) — the first scientific mission to a natural satellite of the Earth in the history of modern Russia - was launched from the 1C complex of the Vostochny cosmodrome.

At the same time, the newspaper believes that the United States and its allies are still leading in the lunar race

The successful launch of the Russian Luna-25 automatic station to the Moon has heated up the space race to reach the valuable resources of the Earth's natural satellite, which is being waged by Russia and China against the United States and NATO. This opinion was expressed by the European edition of the newspaper Politico, commenting on the launch.

What is the peculiarity of the automatic station "Luna-25" and what opportunities will open up to scientists

On the night of August 11, the Luna-25 automatic station successfully went to the Earth satellite. This is the first such flight in the history of modern Russia.

For the first time in almost 50 years, Russia sent a ship to an Earth satellite

In Russia, for the first time in the modern history of the country, an interplanetary station, called Luna-25, went to the moon. This event opens a new chapter in the exploration of space and the Earth's satellite. For more information about what the station is and how the expedition will take place, see the Izvestia material.

Dreams of conquering space appeared long before the first rocket was invented. Already in 1865, the French writer Jules Verne wrote the novel "From the Earth to the Moon", in which the traveler Michel Ardan flew to the satellite of our planet in a hollow metal cylinder pointed at the end. Almost a century later, the first real spaceships took off into the sky, and the Soviet Union played a significant role in this event. Read about how the USSR space program originated and what successes it achieved in the Izvestia material.

The Turkish company Roketsan made the first test launch of a launch vehicle from a new launch pad, recently built together with the entire test center in the town of Igneada on the Black Sea coast in the European part of the country. From here, it is planned to launch its own satellites into space from 2024.

Johannes Willbold, a doctoral student at the Ruhr University in Bochum (Germany), spoke at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas and shared the results of studying three types of orbital equipment. As it turned out, many satellites lack adequate means of protection against remote hacking — they lack even basic security measures.

In a year and a half, the VFU received $160 billion worth of weapons, the Minister of Defense estimated

The countries of the collective West, investing significant resources in Ukraine, create serious risks of further escalation of the conflict, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on August 9.

What kind of research will be carried out with the help of the Russian automatic station, the launch of which is scheduled for August 11

Why can dust particles levitate, how do mysterious "crimson mists" arise, is it true that comets carry organic matter in the universe? These fundamental questions will be answered by the Luna-25 mission. This was told to Izvestia by scientists who planned experiments for the expedition. The launch of the spacecraft is scheduled for August 11. Experts noted that the mission will set a new pace for Russian science in space exploration and in many related areas.

SandboxAQ, owned, like Google, by Alphabet, is collaborating with the US Air Force to develop a quantum positioning system that is designed to replace or complement GPS.

Specialists of the Roscosmos State Rocket Center, which is part of the Roscosmos structure.Makeev plans to present a promising launch vehicle with the name "Crown" to the public during the work of the Army-2023 forum, which starts on the 14th in Kubinka. However, so far only its layout.

Boeing Corporation's manned CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will be ready to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) in March 2024, said Mark Nappi, director of the Boeing spacecraft development program.

Colonel Khodarenok admitted that the SCALP missiles could reach the Moscow region

The APU received long-range SCALP air-to-surface missiles from France. This was stated by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok understood what a French cruise missile is, whether it will change the course of the conflict and whether the air defense of the Russian Armed Forces will cope with it.

A new center for advanced technologies in the field of space research and threat analysis will soon open in the French city of Toulouse.

How will the method of environmental monitoring of land without sampling affect the condition of cities

Russian scientists suggest using satellite images to assess the ecological state of a particular territory. A study conducted in the Vladimir region showed that the results of such an analysis in some cases can identify contaminated areas as accurately as classical methods requiring soil sampling.

The American company Firefly Aeroscape will supply engines to the corporation

The American corporation Northrop Grumman carried out the last launch of the Antares launch vehicle, the first stage of which is equipped with Russian RD-181 engines developed by NPO Energomash. Antares will launch the Cygnus spacecraft into near-Earth orbit, which will deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS).