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The assembly of the Angara rocket began at Plesetsk to prepare for flight tests
A TASS source in the rocket and space industry previously reported that a train with an Angara-A5 carrier rocket arrived in Plesetsk before continuing flight tests
The assembly of the heavy launch vehicle "Angara-A5" was launched at the Plesetsk cosmodrome. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.
The Russian-European rover is preparing to drill the Red Planet
A mock-up of the Rosalind Franklin rover of the Russian-European ExoMars-2022 mission extracted soil from a depth of 1.7 meters during tests, Roscosmos reported, citing materials from the European Space Agency (ESA).
Glavkosmos assessed the future of tourist flights into space
In the next 15-20 years, orbital flights of tourists are unlikely to become mass due to the high cost. This was announced on September 16 by the general director of Glavkosmos, Dmitry Loskutov.
The record for the number of people in low-Earth orbit has been broken
A new record for the number of people who are simultaneously in low-Earth orbit was set on Thursday, September 16. Currently, there are 14 people in orbit.
Japan's Synspective has signed a contract to launch a second satellite from the Vostochny cosmodrome
In mid-2022, the company intends to launch its StriX-1 radar satellite from the Russian cosmodrome to create a grouping of devices in orbit to monitor natural disaster zones.
The Progress MS-17 space truck will be re-connected to the Nauka module in October
The undocking of the Progress MS-17 transport cargo ship from the Poisk module is scheduled for October 23, after two days of autonomous flight, the truck will be re-connected to the Nauka module, Roscosmos reported.
NASA postponed the launch of the remote sensing satellite Landsat 9
The launch of the Atlas V launch vehicle with a satellite was postponed to September 27
The launch of the next - already the ninth - Earth remote sensing satellite from the Landsat series has been postponed from September 23 to 27. This was announced on Wednesday on its website by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The Soyuz MS-19 crew seats will be moved to another ship the next day after docking
To send astronauts to the station, individual lodgments are cast, as well as special loads are used that ensure the correct alignment of the ship
The lodgements (chairs for high loads, which are made individually) of the film crew of the film " Challenge "on the next day after docking with the ISS will be moved from the Soyuz MS-19 to the ship in which the film crew will return to Earth. This was announced by cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov during an online conference in TASS.
The CSTO is against the militarization of outer space
The declaration adopted following the results of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) held in Dushanbe states that the organization's member countries "will continue joint efforts to prevent an arms race in outer space and preserve it for peaceful purposes."
The Russian government has allocated 4 billion rubles for the creation of a launch vehicle and a manned Soyuz spacecraft
Glavkosmos is an operator in the field of space tourism
The Russian government will allocate more than 4 billion rubles to Roscosmos to create a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle by 2024.1a" and the Soyuz MS ship in the interests of Glavkosmos.
JSC "GLONASS" will take part in an experiment on the movement of highly automated vehicles on the Central Ring Road
GLONASS JSC will participate in the launch of innovative services for vehicles connected to the road infrastructure on the A-113 Central Ring Road (CCAD), the company's press service reports.
Russia and Kazakhstan signed an agreement on the creation of a complex for Soyuz-5 launches
The parties are starting to reconstruct the launch and technical complexes of the Zenit rocket for their modernization within the framework of the Baiterek project, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said
The Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (part of Roscosmos) and Basis construction LLP (Kazakhstan) signed an agreement to create a complex for launching the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle at Baikonur. This was announced by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
All 34 OneWeb satellites launched from Baikonur have been put into orbit
As noted in Roscosmos, all devices are accepted for communication by the customer
More than 30 British OneWeb communication satellites have been successfully launched into orbit. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Wednesday.
NASA will allocate $146 million to five companies to develop lunar lander systems
The companies included Blue Origin, SpaceX, Dynetics, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States has selected five companies that should assist in carrying out developments related to the future use of the lunar lander. The contract amount will be $146 million, according to a statement published on the agency's website on Tuesday.
Steve Wozniak created a space company
Wozniak announced the creation of the space company Privateer Space. It is stated that it will work to ensure that space is safe and accessible to humanity.
The United States, China, Russia, France and Japan will break a 25-year record due to SpaceX
On September 16, a 25-year-old record for the number of people in space at the same time can be broken, cosmonautics historian Alexander Zheleznyakov told RIA Novosti. According to him, after the launch of the SpaceX Inspiration4 charity mission, 14 people from the United States, China, Russia, France and Japan may be in low-Earth orbit at once.
64 hours-without sleep
Candidates for cosmonauts of the set of 2021 are beginning one of the most difficult stages of general space training (OKP).
Each of the test participants will have to spend three days in a sign language chamber, while 64 hours-without sleep. The first was cosmonaut candidate Alexander Kolyabin.
Rogozin swore on Facebook
The general director of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, asked not to respond with emoticons and memes to his posts related to the activities of the corporation. Rogozin left such a comment to his post on Facebook.
Russia has stopped developing a super-heavy launch vehicle
Russia has stopped the technical design of a super-heavy carrier that they wanted to use for flights to the moon. Earlier it was reported that this could involve the Angara-A5B and Soyuz-2.1 a missiles.
Tests of the control system for the new Soyuz-5 rocket will begin in 2023
Tests of the control systems of the new Soyuz-5 launch vehicle will begin simultaneously with the flight tests of the rocket itself, which are scheduled for December 2023, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said