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A Russian startup with the ambitions of Korolev
Is there a private cosmonautics in Russia and how soon will a Russian commercial rocket fly?
The correspondent of the magazine "Aerospace Sphere" talked about this with the CEO and founder of Success Rockets Oleg Mansurov.
On Mars, they are going to launch the production of rocket fuel from microbes
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have proposed a concept following which bacteria delivered to Mars will be able to produce rocket fuel and liquid oxygen from the CO2 available there. The resulting fuel will be useful for refueling the spacecraft to return to Earth. Techcult has studied in detail the scientists' article in the journal Nature.
Biden's special representative accused Russia and China of aggressive plans in space
Jeffrey Eberhardt claims that these countries are deploying technology in space and intend to transfer future conflicts to outer space
Jeffrey Eberhardt, the US President's Special Envoy for nuclear nonproliferation, claims that Russia and China are deploying technologies in space and intend to transfer future conflicts to outer space.
The crew of the SIRIUS international isolation experiment has been determined
There were three Russians, two Americans and one representative of the UAE
Three citizens of the Russian Federation, two Americans and one representative of the UAE joined the crew of the SIRIUS-21 international isolation experiment, during which six volunteers will spend 240 days in isolation. This was reported to TASS on Monday in the press service of the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, on the basis of which the experiment will be conducted.
Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN: Moscow considers London's draft resolution on outer space unacceptable
Russia will vote against this document, Andrei Belousov assured
The draft British resolution on outer space at the UN suffers from serious shortcomings and does not take into account the fundamental Russian approaches. This was stated on Monday by the Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Office in Geneva, Andrei Belousov, speaking at the First Committee of the General Assembly of the World Organization.
In Samara, a satellite body was assembled for 3D modeling of the Earth
The Samara Rocket and Space Center (RCC) "Progress" has assembled the body of the Aist-2T satellite, which will have to create a 3D model of the Earth. This was announced on October 29 by the general director of the company Dmitry Baranov.
Roscosmos showed the destruction of the tank of the Russian Soyuz-5
The RD-171MV power unit, known as the Tsar Engine, was sent for assembly as part of the first stage of the Russian promising Soyuz-5 rocket, which should replace the decommissioned Ukrainian Zenit-2 carrier. This was announced on Twitter by the CEO of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
In the US, the launch of the Ukrainian satellite was postponed
The launch of the Ukrainian satellite for remote sensing of the Earth "Sich-2-30" was postponed. In the United States, it was reported that the launch of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle was postponed to 2022. This is reported by the information and consulting agency Defense Express.
NASA is considering the possibility of joint training with Roscosmos
At the same time, the US Space Agency did not name the dates when they could take place
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Roscosmos may conduct joint training to prepare for cross-flights to the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced on Friday at an online press conference by the head of the NASA manned flight program, Kathy Luders.
France and the United States will discuss strengthening partnership in space during Harris' visit to Paris
The US Vice President will visit the French capital on November 11-12
Strengthening cooperation in space will be one of the topics of the visit of US Vice President Kamala Harris to Paris on November 11-12. This is stated in a joint communique adopted on Friday following talks in Rome between French and American Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden.
NASA assessed the impact of the flare on the Sun to launch Crew Dragon-3
The launch of the Falcon-9 launch vehicle with the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) will take place in normal mode, the recent powerful solar flare did not affect the plans. This was announced on October 29 by the head of the NASA manned program, Kathy Luders.
The Spectrum-RG Observatory was taught to register solar flares and "reject" them
The M. N. Pavlinsky ART-XC telescope installed there has sensitive detectors for recording X-ray radiation
The developers of the Spektr-RG space observatory were able to register a stream of charged particles caused by solar flares in order to "reject" them in the future due to the negative impact on the detectors. This is stated in the message of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, distributed on Saturday.
The Soyuz-2 rocket was unloaded at Baikonur under the Soyuz MS-20 ship
In the assembly and test building of the Baikonur Cosmodrome site No. 31, the blocks of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle were unloaded, which will launch the Soyuz MS-20 transport manned spacecraft into near-Earth orbit in December, the state corporation Roscosmos reported on Saturday.
German astronaut decided to throw a party on the ISS
German astronaut Matthias Maurer will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) on November 3 on a SpaceX spacecraft as part of the NASA program. A few months after his arrival, he decided to throw a party with his colleagues. Maurer shared the details of the event in an interview with Deutsche Welle.
The Progress spacecraft will make a record annual flight to the ISS
The Progress MS-19 space truck will make a record flight to the ISS in 2022. It will be part of the station for 370 days.
SpaceX and NASA to restrict toilet use by Crew Dragon crew after leak
SpaceX and NASA have proposed to the American astronauts who are currently on the ISS and should soon return to Earth to study "other ways to remove fluids from the body" after the incident with the toilet of the Crew Dragon spacecraft during the previous fully civilian flight. This is reported by RT with reference to the statement of the manager of the NASA commercial crew program, Steve Stitch.
NASA postponed the astronauts' spacewalk from the ISS to the end of November
It was originally planned that Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, who will go to the ISS on November 3 aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, will carry out work on the outer surface of the station on November 17
The spacewalk from the International Space Station of American astronauts Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron has been postponed for almost two weeks and will take place only at the end of November.
The launch of the Skif-D satellite is scheduled for the end of September 2022
The satellite will be placed in an average circular orbit with a height of 8,070 km
The launch of the Skif-D satellite into a circular orbit with a height of 8,070 km is scheduled for the end of September 2022. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Sunday.
The first launch of the new European Ariane 6 launch vehicle is planned to take place in the second half of 2022
The European Space Agency (ESA) is going to carry out the first launch of the new Ariane 6 launch vehicle in the second half of 2022, according to data from the French developer Arianespace.
The newest anthropomorphic robot "Teledroid" will be able to work inside and outside the ISS
An experiment to put a robot into orbit is planned to be carried out in 2024
The anthropomorphic robot "Teledroid" will be able to work both inside and outside the International Space Station (ISS). This was reported to TASS by a representative of the Cosmonaut Training Center on the sidelines of the International Astronautical Congress in Dubai.
