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Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN: The West does not support Moscow's space initiatives because of politics
Andrei Belousov noted that Western opponents in criticizing Russian approaches to preventing an arms race do not say anything new and "cling to arguments that have long been refuted"
Western countries do not support Russian initiatives in the UN on outer space for political reasons and are trying to bring their projects to the fore at their expense.
Russia will spend more than 70 million rubles to participate in Dubai Airshow-2021
Roscosmos and Irkut Corporation (part of the UAC) will spend over 70 million rubles in total to participate in the Dubai Airshow-2021 International Aerospace Exhibition in the UAE, it follows from information on public procurement.
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 results of the SIRIUS-2021 experiment will be extended to the cosmonaut training system
The experiment starts on November 4 in Moscow
The results obtained during the SIRIUS-2021 isolation experiment, which starts on Thursday, will be implemented into the cosmonaut training system at the CPC. This was announced to TASS on Thursday by Vladimir Dubinin, Deputy head of the Gagarin Research Institute for Science and Development.
The SIRIUS-2021 crew will conduct more than 70 experiments during the mission
Sergey Ponomarev, Executive Director of the project, said that an operational and technical program aimed at increasing the realism of the mission is also planned
The crew members of the SIRIUS-2021 mission will conduct more than 70 experiments during 240 days of isolation. This was announced to TASS on Thursday by the executive director of the project Sergey Ponomarev.
The mascot of SIRIUS-2021 was an emblem with the names of all 12 applicants to the crew
The SIRIUS-2021 isolation experiment will start on November 4 in Moscow on the basis of the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences
The emblem with the flags of the countries participating in the SIRIUS-2021 experiment, as well as the names of all 12 applicants for crew members, will become the mascot of the project participants. This was announced to journalists on Thursday by the crew commander Oleg Blinov.
The Progress MS-17 spacecraft will take more than a ton of garbage from the ISS
According to cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, one of the units being removed is the docking mechanism of a multi-purpose laboratory module, which was the first to touch the ISS during docking
More than a ton of spent equipment and household waste will be on board the Progress MS-17 cargo ship, which will be undocked from the ISS on November 25 before flooding. This was announced by Roscosmos cosmonaut Peter Dubrov on Thursday.
Russia is ready to include a Belarusian cosmonaut in an expedition to the ISS - Putin
Russia is ready to send a Belarusian cosmonaut to the ISS in the near future, it is only necessary to agree on all the details, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
The ESA representative considers the SIRIUS-21 experiment to be part of the preparation for the flight of a European astronaut to the moon
Participation in the scientific work of the SIRIUS-21 experiment will allow the European Space Agency (ESA) to prepare its astronaut for a flight to the Moon, head of the ESA representative office in Russia Rene Pichel told Interfax.
NASA astronauts ate the first harvest of pepper grown on the ISS
NASA astronauts have grown and eaten chili peppers on the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time in history. This was announced by American Catherine MacArthur on her Twitter account.
Roscosmos has ordered engines for a new reusable rocket
The Institute of the TsNIIMash Space Agency has ordered turbojet engines for testing a reusable rocket demonstrator. Earlier, the timing of the creation of a prototype of the winged stage became known.
NASA has approved the CubIXSS satellite project for solar research
NASA has approved the project of a cubesat satellite for the study of the Sun in the X-ray range. It is expected that CubIXSS will be launched in 2024 and within a year will determine the parameters of plasma in the active regions and the corona of our star, according to the website of the Southwest Research Institute.
GICC named after G.S.Titov held the XXV Interdepartmental Conference on Space Systems and Complexes
The Main Test Space Center held the XXV Interdepartmental Scientific and Practical Conference "Space Systems and Complexes: testing, management, application" at the site of the Patriot Space Center.
The date of the first spacewalk in 2022 under the Russian program has been named
We are talking about January 19, astronauts will have to lay cables between the Berth and Nauka modules
The first spacewalk of Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov is scheduled for January 19, the cosmonauts will have to lay cables between the Berth and Nauka modules, according to the Russian Cosmos magazine (the official publication of Roscosmos).
The first manned launch of the Soyuz in 2022 is scheduled for March 18
The undocking from the Rassvet module and the landing of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft is scheduled for March 28
The first launch of the Soyuz MS-21 manned spacecraft in 2022 is scheduled for March 18. This is reported in the magazine "Russian Cosmos" (the official publication of Roscosmos), published on Wednesday.
