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Billionaire Branson's Virgin Galactic company faces new challenges
Virgin Galactic, a company controlled by British billionaire Richard Branson, has faced new problems, SpaceNews reports.
The Executive director of Roscosmos for Science, Bloshenko, joined the new board of Directors of RSC Energia
All seats in the new council were taken by representatives of Roscosmos
Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia announced the early termination of the powers of the board of directors and the election of members of the new board.
ISS crew members Akihiko Hoshide and Tom Peske completed a spacewalk
It lasted 6 hours and 54 minutes
Japanese astronauts Akihiko Hoshide and Frenchman Tom Pesquet returned to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday after almost seven hours of work in outer space. The broadcast was conducted on the website of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Japan and Russia will continue experiments on growing protein crystals on the ISS until 2024
These experiments began in 2003
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will continue to conduct experiments on growing protein crystals on the International Space Station (ISS) together with Roscosmos until 2024. This was announced on Monday by Hiroshi Sasaki, vice president of JAXA.
Roscosmos declared the inadmissibility of politicization and unfair struggle in the space sphere
According to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy General Director of the state corporation, during the implementation of international projects, it is necessary to find a balance between competition and cooperation, between national benefits and world progress.
Ryabkov: Russia urges to start negotiations on a ban on the deployment of weapons in space
As the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation noted, Moscow stands for constructive and equal cooperation in the space sphere
Russia calls for the launch of negotiations on the development of an international instrument prohibiting the deployment of any types of weapons in outer space.
NASA intends to extend the operation of the ISS for at least 10 years
NASA management expects to extend the operation of the International Space Station (ISS) for at least 10 years. This was stated on September 13 during the international Gagarin Conference by the head of the NASA manned flight program, Kathy Luders.
RSC Energia stated that it is impossible to increase research at the DOE without increasing the budget
According to the deputy general director of the corporation Alexander Derechin, now Russia is at the stage of research when their results can be applied in various fields
The number of studies in low-Earth orbit cannot be increased with the same budget that we have now. This was stated by Alexander Derechin, Deputy General Director of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia.
The next flight of the Virgin Galactic tourist spaceplane was postponed due to a potential defect
The private space company Virgin Galactic found another reason to worry and postpone the next flight of a suborbital spaceplane with tourists. One of the equipment suppliers reported a potential defect in one of the executive mechanisms of the control bodies.
The space forces of the VKS successfully launched the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle.1b " from the Plesetsk cosmodrome
The space forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces conducted a successful launch of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle.1b " from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense told RIA Novosti.
The cosmonauts completed all the tasks of the spacewalk-MCC
Cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov have completed all the main and additional tasks of spacewalking, it follows from the broadcast of Roscosmos. "In any case, I congratulate you on the fact that we have already completed all the tasks set and even managed to do two additional ones," the representative of the MCC said during the broadcast.
The launched spacecraft of the Ministry of Defense was included in the catalog of space objects
We are talking about a single information database containing information about each space object
Specialists of the Space Control Center of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces have entered into the main catalog of space objects of the Russian space control system information about a new space object-the apparatus of the Russian Defense Ministry launched by the Soyuz-2 carrier rocket.1b" from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. This was reported to journalists in the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense.
Kazakhstan commented on the proceedings with the owner of "Buran"
The layout and the second flight copy of the Buran orbiter should belong to Kazakhstan, the Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of the country Bagdat Musin said on Facebook, RIA Novosti reports.
The astronauts placed containers with earth outside the ISS
Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Oleg Novitsky installed three containers of the Biorisk-MSN experiment on the Poisk module of the International Space Station (ISS). This follows from the broadcast on the Roscosmos website on Friday, September 10.
The cosmonaut acknowledged the withdrawal of Russia and the United States from the partnership
Russia and the United States are moving away from a close partnership on the International Space Station (ISS), Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin admitted in an interview with RIA Novosti.
The Roscosmos company with scientists will present a complex of treatment of cancer patients in 2023
According to a source in the rocket and space industry, a design that could work in operating rooms is currently being developed
JSC "Information Satellite Systems" named after Academician M. F. Reshetnev " (part of Roscosmos) with partners is developing a medical complex of radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer patients. The first samples will be ready in two years, a source in the rocket and space industry told TASS.
The height of the ISS orbit will be increased for shooting space movies
The height of the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) will be increased by 750 m before the arrival of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft with a crew of cinematographers to shoot the first feature film in space. This was told to RIA Novosti by a representative of the press service of Roscosmos on Saturday, September 11.
Ukraine confirmed the launch of the satellite "Sich-2-30" on a Falcon 9 rocket in December
During the meeting held by the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine-Minister for Strategic Industries Oleg Urusky with the participation of the head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine (SCAU) Vladimir Taftay, held at the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau (KB), it was confirmed that work on the Sich — 2-30 Earth remote sensing satellite is proceeding in accordance with the previously approved schedule, Defense Express reports.
Bezos ' company accused Musk of ignoring "rules for people"
Kuiper Systems, a subsidiary Amazon.com, in an appeal to the US Federal Communications Commission, sharply commented on the actions of SpaceX, accusing it of violating and ignoring general rules. This is written by Bloomberg.
The ISS orbit was adjusted in preparation for the arrival of the next expedition
The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) was raised by 750 meters in preparation for the arrival of the Soyuz MS-19 manned spacecraft and the return of the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft to Earth, Roscosmos reported.