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The first manned test flight of the CST-100 Starliner Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) spacecraft to the International Space Station may take place at the end of 2022, said John Vollmer, head of the Boeing Corporation Commercial manned flight program.

The joint NASA and Space X mission to the International Space Station (ISS), which was scheduled to launch on October 30, has been postponed to October 31. This is stated on the website of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on October 19.

The detention of Marat Arustamov is the result of an audit by the internal audit service of the corporation, the interlocutor of TASS noted

The criminal case in which the Deputy Director General of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (CENKI, part of Roscosmos) was detained Marat Arustamov, initiated, among other things, as a result of an audit of the Roscosmos internal audit service. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.

The enterprise does not cope with the function of the general contractor of construction works at the cosmodrome, the interlocutor of TASS noted

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin "gave a dressing down" to the Director General of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (CENKI) Ruslan Mukhamedzhanov due to dissatisfaction with the progress of construction work at the Vostochny cosmodrome. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.

The head of the State Corporation "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin on Tuesday, October 19, ordered the change of the general contractor for the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome, as well as the creation of a subordinate construction department, which will become the new general contractor.

The North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) has no plans to deploy weapons in space. This was announced on Wednesday, October 20, by the Secretary General of the organization Jens Stoltenberg.

The control of the Soyuz MS spacecraft was successfully tested alone during the kinoekipazh flight. This was told by the commander of the cosmonaut squad, Hero of Russia Oleg Kononenko on Wednesday, October 20.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States decided to create a gamma-ray telescope Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI). They want to launch it in 2025.

China has tested a monolithic solid-fuel rocket engine with the largest thrust in the world. Product development is important for the creation of heavy-class missiles.

The devices were delivered to the airport by the AN-124 aircraft

The AN-124 aircraft delivered two communication satellites to the airport of Krayniy (Kazakhstan) in preparation for the December launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Tuesday.

The information mentioned in the media about China's testing of hypersonic weapons in August of this year does not correspond to reality.

This was stated at a regular briefing by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, TASS reports.

Docking with the ISS of the Progress MS-18 spacecraft, which will launch the launch vehicle, is expected on October 30

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle, which will launch the Progress MS-18 cargo ship into orbit, is scheduled for 03:00 Moscow Time on October 28. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Monday.

One of the solar panels of the Lucy probe, launched to study Trojan asteroids near Jupiter, could not be fixed in a state of full disclosure, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported.

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.

Roscosmos will place special emphasis on preventing threats related to unmanned aerial vehicles

The robotic security platform "Marker" has been tested at the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur region. This is a step towards the introduction of automated security control at a secure facility that does not depend on the human factor, Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, told reporters on Thursday.

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.

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.

Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Roscosmos State Corporation, considered the work of the Fregat upper stage of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle and the launch complex of the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region to be excellent. He expressed this opinion in an interview with journalists on Thursday, October 14, at the Vostochny cosmodrome.

The Skif spacecraft are designed to provide broadband Internet access

The launch of the Skif spacecraft and the Marathon satellite constellation as part of the Sphere program, which allows creating a full-fledged broadband Internet system in Russia, will contribute to the prevention of man-made and environmental disasters, Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, told reporters on Thursday.

The Changzheng-2F carrier rocket with the Shenzhou-13 manned spacecraft launched to the Chinese orbital station with three cosmonauts. This is on Friday, October 15, follows from the broadcast of the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), carried out by China Central Television.