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Promising weapons samples will be used in the re-equipment of formations and military units of the space forces

About 50 research and development works on the creation of a new generation of systems and complexes for space forces in the near future are being carried out in Russia. This was reported to journalists on Monday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Masten Space Systems company presented the results of work on the project for the rapid creation of landing sites on the Moon using the exhaust of a rocket engine and aluminum oxide particles. Specialists have developed a two-level system for introducing particles into the engine nozzle and experimentally confirmed the viability of the idea in practice using a bench engine, according to the company's website.

The Japanese company Honda will develop a hybrid vertical take-off and landing aircraft for flights between cities. According to TechCrunch, it plans flight tests of its demonstration model in 2025, after which it will decide about mass production.

The probes of the BepiColombo mission, flying to Mercury, successfully performed the first gravitational maneuver near their target, flying at a minimum distance of 199 kilometers from the planet. During the flyby, the spacecraft received a number of images of the surface of Mercury and other scientific data, according to the ESA website.

Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director General of the ROSCOSMOS State Corporation for International Cooperation, revealed the future operation of the Proton-M heavy launch vehicle after 2025. His words are transmitted by RIA Novosti.

The launch of the sOyuz MS-19 spacecraft is scheduled for October 5

Roscosmos has not received an official response to the invitation to attend the launch of the sOyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the sOyuz MS-19 manned spacecraft, which is scheduled for October 5, from entrepreneurs Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson. This was reported to TASS in the state corporation.

The reasons for this decision are not reported

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) postponed the launch of the Epsilon-5 launch vehicle with nine satellites, including the Vietnamese NanoDragon spacecraft, scheduled for Friday. This is stated in the JAXA message.

He delivered about 2.9 tons of cargo to Earth from the ISS

The Dragon cargo ship of the American company SpaceX landed on water in the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of Florida on Thursday evening. This was reported on Twitter by SpaceX.

In Ulyanovsk, they want to establish the production of seaplanes. Executive Director for manned programs of the state Corporation "Roscosmos" Sergey Krikalev discussed the development of small aircraft with the acting governor of the region Alexey Russian.

After many years of attempts to create new spacesuits to go beyond the International Space Station (ISS) and work on the lunar surface as part of the Artemis program, NASA has started looking for developers of space equipment among private companies, writes ArsTechnica.

NASA and SpaceX have announced the date of sending the Crew Dragon spacecraft with several astronauts on board to the International Space Station (ISS), according to the website of the European Space Research Administration (ESA).

The US authorities are checking Blue Origin for safety. The US Federal Aviation Administration received complaints about the quality of the missiles produced by the company. Some Blue Origin employees said that the management paid more attention to flight safety to the speed of development and assembly of missiles, the Izvestia TV channel reports.

IN 2020, newly created space ground stations were put into operation

The ROSCOSMOS State Corporation provided the launch of 140 domestic and foreign spacecraft in 2020. This is stated in the annual report of the state corporation.

Within the framework of cooperation with Hungary, scientific protocols for joint work were developed in 2020

Roscosmos and Hungary continue to negotiate for the flight of an astronaut from this country to the International Space Station. This is stated in the annual report of the state corporation for 2020.

The document can be signed in 2021

Roscosmos plans to sign an agreement on cooperation in the field of lunar exploration with the European Space Agency this year, according to the report of the state corporation for 2020.

Work was also continued on the creation of a heavy-class oxygen-hydrogen upper stage complex at the Vostochny cosmodrome within the framework of the DVINA-KVTK ROC, the state corporation notes

ROSCOSMOS State Corporation has continued the development of a mobile space rocket complex with an ultralight carrier rocket (LV) Irkut. This is stated in the Roscosmos annual report for 2020.

Work is underway with foreign partners on this issue, the state corporation's report notes

ROSCOSMOS State Corporation is coordinating a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of peaceful space with Pakistan. This is stated in the Roscosmos annual report for 2020.

The first launch of the EAGLE without astronauts on board is scheduled for December 15, 2023

The interorbital space tug will be created on the basis of the promising OREL spacecraft being developed in Russia today. This is stated in the Roscosmos report for 2020.

In addition, Roscosmos is considering the possibility of cooperation with Saudi Arabia in terms of conducting space research and experiments on board the ISS

A draft agreement has been prepared on the start of work on the preparation of an astronaut from Saudi Arabia for a flight to the International Space Station. This is stated in the annual report for 2020 of the state corporation "Roscosmos".

The volume of financing of the state program in 2020 amounted to more than 261 billion rubles

Roscosmos fulfilled 63.9% of the state program last year. This is stated in the annual report of the state corporation, published on Thursday.