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NASA delivered the James Webb telescope for $10 billion to the Kourou Cosmodrome
NASA has delivered the James Webb telescope to the Kourou Cosmodrome in French Guiana. The cost of the equipment is estimated at $10 billion, the Izvestia TV channel reports.
Beijing has demonstrated significant progress in the development of hypersonic weapons
China, with the help of a launch vehicle, launched a hypersonic glider capable of carrying nuclear weapons in August.
Chinese hypersonic unit flew around the planet
Details have emerged of China's tests of a hypersonic glider, a combat gliding unit for ballistic missiles. Before hitting the target, the device flew around the planet, which was a very unpleasant surprise for the US military.
The crew of the Chinese space station began unloading the cargo ship "Tianzhou-3"
Next, the taikonauts will perform work on the movement of goods and other related tasks
The crew of the Chinese Shenzhou-13 manned spacecraft on Sunday began unloading the Tianzhou-3 spacecraft, which contains food, equipment and other cargo necessary for the astronauts to stay in orbit. This is stated in the message of the Manned Flight Program of the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), published on the official account on the social network WeChat.
Filling stations will appear in space
After leaving the Earth's atmosphere, space objects remain without any technical support, but this situation may change in the coming years. After a successful experiment in space towing, the United States intends to create full-fledged refueling satellites that prolong the life of objects in orbit.
Rogozin showed the work of the robot "Marker" on the East
The robot can detect and intercept violators, as well as counter terrorist attacks and fight drones
The General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin showed a video of patrolling the territory of the Vostochny cosmodrome by the Marker robot.
Progress will be in autonomous flight for more than a day, waiting for conditions for docking to Nauka
Roscosmos reported that it will move away from the ISS at a distance of up to 185 km
The Progress MS-17 cargo ship will be reconnected from the Search module to the Science module. He will spend 29 hours in an autonomous flight, Roscosmos said in a statement released on Thursday.
Launches of Russian missiles from Baikonur, Plesetsk and Kuru are expected by the end of the year
Launches of Russian rockets from the Vostochny cosmodrome in 2021 are no longer expected
Launches of Russian rockets from the Vostochny cosmodrome are no longer expected this year. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Thursday.
Physicists have calculated the flow of lunar neutrinos
Thanks to this, it will be possible to learn more data about cosmic processes and the surface of the Moon
Russian physicists have studied the spectra of lunar neutrinos - ultralight fundamental particles that arise due to the interaction of cosmic rays with the surface of the Moon. Thanks to this, new methods of studying this satellite may appear. The results of the work were published by the scientific journal Physical Review D, the press service of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) briefly writes about it.
Russia has delivered OneWeb satellites into orbit
OneWeb satellites launched from the territory of Russia were put into orbit. 36 vehicles were delivered by the Soyuz-2.1b rocket. This is reported by the Telegram channel Zvezdanews with reference to the state corporation "Roscosmos".
A space tourist from Japan called a hot workout in a Russian spacesuit
Yusaku Maezawa added that the training in weightlessness made the strongest impression on him
Japanese billionaire entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa said that he admired the spacesuit produced by NPP Zvezda, but admitted that it was very hot to train in it.
At the Vostochny cosmodrome, work begins on the transition from kerosene to naphthyl
According to Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin, this will give additional energy and other operational advantages
Work on the transition of the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region to the new naphthyl fuel will begin on Friday. This decision was made during a meeting of the State Commission on Thursday, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin told reporters.
Rogozin announced the completion of the assembly of the apparatus for the Luna-25 mission
Roscosmos is working on determining a new date for the launch
The spacecraft for the Luna-25 mission has been assembled and is being prepared for launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region. Roscosmos is working on determining a new date, which has been postponed from May to July, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin told reporters on Thursday.
Rogozin said that no fewer launches are planned from Vostochny in 2022 than in 2021
Roscosmos will continue to carry out commercial launches from the cosmodrome
In 2022, Roscosmos will continue to carry out commercial launches from the Vostochny cosmodrome, their number will be the same as in 2021 - about five. This was announced to journalists on Thursday by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
ROSCOSMOS has set a new record: exactly three years of trouble-free rocket launches
ROSCOSMOS continues a series of trouble-free rocket launches for the third year in a row, which is an absolute record in Russian history. During this time, 67 successful launches of space rockets manufactured at the enterprises of the state corporation were carried out from the Baikonur, Vostochny, Guiana Space Center and Plesetsk military cosmodrome.
Europe is interested in ROSCOSMOS' proposal to launch SOYUZ-2 from the Kourou cosmodrome
European partners are considering a proposal from ROSCOSMOS to create the necessary infrastructure for manned launches of the Russian sOyuz-2 rocket from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana, negotiations are underway, Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director General of the ROSCOSMOS State Corporation for International Cooperation, told RIA Novosti.
Blue Origin launched the New Shepard spacecraft with William Shatner and three other tourists
As part of the NS-18 mission, Blue Origin conducted the second launch of the New Shepard spacecraft with people on board. The 90-year-old Canadian actor William Shatner takes part in the mission. The other three tourists are Audrey Powers, Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries.
Video: the Chinese launched and landed a prototype reusable rocket
Deep Blue Aerospace has tested a prototype of its promising reusable Nebula-M1 rocket. The device reached a height of 100 meters and successfully returned back.
GLONASS will abandon the "Soviet" time
The Russian navigation satellite system GLONASS will switch from using the "Soviet" time UTS (SU) to the world coordinate time (UTC). This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the presentation of the general designer of the system Sergey Karutin.
The ISS orbit was raised to prepare for the launch of the SOYUZ with tourists from Japan
The maneuver was performed using the engines of the ZVEZDA module of the Russian segment of the ISS
The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) has been adjusted in preparation for the launch of the sOyuz MS-20 manned spacecraft, on which two tourists from Japan will go into space in December. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Tuesday.