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Japan launched an Epsilon rocket with a Vietnamese NanoDragon satellite
The device must receive and transmit signals of an automatic identification system for tracking the movement of ships and monitoring activities at sea
Japan on Tuesday launched an Epsilon-5 launch vehicle with nine satellites, including the Vietnamese NanoDragon spacecraft. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is broadcasting the launch live.
The Crew Dragon ship with four astronauts on board landed off the coast of the USA
On board the ship are US astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan MacArthur, European Space Agency astronaut Tom Pesquet, as well as Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.
SIRIUS' annual isolation experiment is due to start in early 2023
According to the chief project manager Mark Belakovsky, many countries have applied to Russia to participate in the one-year experiment, a number of contracts have already been signed
The SIRIUS international annual experiment simulating a flight into deep space is scheduled to begin at the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow in the first quarter of 2023. This was reported to TASS by SIRIUS project chief Manager, Head of the Department of IMBP RAS Mark Belakovsky.
RAS stands for international partnership in the work on the new Russian station
Negotiations on international participation in the project of a new Russian space station should begin in the near future, said Academician Lev Zeleny, scientific director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Russia will use the ISS at least until 2027-2028
According to the executive director of Roscosmos Sergey Krikalev, the launch of the multipurpose laboratory module "Science" and the node module "Berth" does not mean the completion of the development of the ISS
The operation of the International Space Station (ISS) will last at least until 2027-2028. This was announced by the executive director of Roscosmos for manned space programs Sergey Krikalev.
The reliability of Soyuz ships may decrease sharply in the coming years - NPO Technomash
Experts also predict low reliability indicators of Angara missiles in the first years of operation
Reducing the load of RSC Energia's capacities can have an extremely negative impact on the reliability of the Soyuz manned spacecraft and Progress trucks, according to the theses of the report of experts from NPO Technomash (part of Roscosmos).
Astronauts from the ISS monitored the ecology of the Olympic construction site in Sochi
The station crew conducted an environmental survey of the construction of Olympic facilities
The Olympic facilities around Sochi were built under the environmental supervision of astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS). Hero of Russia, cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin told about this at a press conference in TASS.
Astronauts will have to wait a month in orbit for the opportunity to fly to the moon - report
Russian cosmonauts will have to wait at least a month for the opportunity to fly to the Moon because of the need to prepare the Vostochny cosmodrome for a new launch, according to a report by specialists of the rocket and space corporation Energia.
Three new domestic communications satellites "Gonets" are ready to be sent to the cosmodrome
As reported in Roscosmos, the launch is planned to be carried out in 2022
The batch of three new domestic communications satellites "Messenger" is fully ready. This was reported on Monday in the press service of Roscosmos.
The winner of the Leaders of Russia contest has created a private space company
Novy Kosmos will create small satellites
Anton Alekseev, the winner of one of the stages of the Leaders of Russia competition, has created a new private space company that will create small satellites. This was reported on Monday in the press service of the competition.
The optimal launch day of the first mission to the moon in the history of modern Russia has been named
According to a RIA Novosti source, the optimal day for launching the unmanned Luna-25 mission is July 23. Previously, May of next year was called as the planned start date.
Beijing is quietly taking aim at the whole world
In August, China tested a hypersonic missile that circled the globe in a low orbit before taking aim at a pre-determined object. They say that the rocket missed the target by only 38 kilometers.
A court in the United States rejected Blue Origin's lawsuit against NASA over a contract to develop a lunar module
The space agency promised to continue cooperation with American companies in order to stimulate competition in the preparation of manned missions to the Moon
A court in the United States has rejected a lawsuit by Jeff Bezos-owned company Blue Origin against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This is stated in a message distributed on Thursday by NASA.
The manager of the SIRIUS-2021 project said that participants can withdraw from it at any time
The most important issue that stands in the first place within the 240-day isolation experiment is the safety of the crew, said Mark Belakovsky
Participants of the 240-day SIRIUS isolation experiment can withdraw from it at any time without explanation. This was told to TASS by the chief project manager Mark Belakovsky.
NASA plans to test a gravity tractor and an ion beam to protect the Earth from asteroids
During the experiment, it is planned to test the technology of a "kinetic impact" on an asteroid
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) The United States is preparing to test several systems to protect the Earth from asteroids. This was announced by the head of the NASA profile department, Lindley Johnson, on Thursday at a briefing on the upcoming launch of the DART probe (Double Asteroid Redirection Test).
Flights of European astronauts on Russian "Unions" may resume - ESA representative
European astronauts can start flying into space again on Russian ships after the conclusion of an agreement on cross-flights between Roscosmos and NASA, the official representative of the European Space Agency Rene Pichel told Interfax.
Roscosmos plans to complete the modernization of simulators on the ISS by 2025
Modernization costs will exceed 2 billion rubles
The state Corporation Roscosmos plans to modernize simulators for training astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) for 2 billion rubles, it follows from the materials of the public procurement portal.
Chinese cosmonauts will make a spacewalk in the next few days
For the crew members of Shenzhou-13, this will be the first trip outside the ship
The crew members of the Chinese Shenzhou-13 manned spacecraft in orbit are planning to make a spacewalk in the next few days. This was announced on Friday by the Administration of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China.
The US administration will outline priorities in space at a meeting of the profile council
US Vice President Kamala Harris noted that the meeting of the interdepartmental National Space Council is scheduled for December 1
The US administration intends to highlight key areas of work in space, including in the military sphere, at a meeting of the relevant council next month. This was stated on Friday by US Vice President Kamala Harris, speaking at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt (Maryland).
Russian scientists have begun testing a device for geological exploration of the Moon from orbit
The first samples of the gamma and neutron spectrometer were produced by the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Space Research Institute (ICI) RAS has produced the first samples of gamma- and neutron spectrometer (LGNS) for exploration of the Moon from orbit and is working on them. This was reported to TASS by Igor Mitrofanov, head of the Department of Nuclear Planetology of the ICI.
