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The Japanese company successfully launched a rocket of its own design twice in a month
The rocket reached a maximum altitude of 92 km, after which it fell into the Pacific Ocean
The private Japanese company Interstellar Technologies on Saturday successfully launched a rocket of its own development MOMO. She announced this on Twitter.
Rogozin announced the date of the flight to the ISS of the next Russian module
The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that the launch of the next Russian module to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for November 24. On Thursday, July 29, he wrote about this on his Twitter account.
The activation of the engines after the docking of the Nauka module to the ISS is explained
Pilot-cosmonaut and Hero of Russia Mikhail Kornienko explained the activation of the engines of the Russian multipurpose laboratory module (MLM) "Science" on the International Space Station (ISS) by a computer control malfunction. In an interview with " Lenta.<url> " he noted that this incident does not pose any danger.
At Baikonur, they began preparing for the launch of the Soyuz spacecraft, on which Yulia Peresild will fly
Together with her, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and director Klim Shipenko will go to the ISS on board the Soyuz MS-19
Preparations for the launch of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, on which cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko are to go to the ISS, began at Baikonur. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Friday.
The human factor could have caused the abnormal activation of the engines of the Nauka module - Rogozin
The reason for the unauthorized activation of the engines of the Nauka module docked to the ISS could be a human factor, said the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
The next batch of OneWeb satellites has arrived in Baikonur
The upcoming launch, scheduled for August, will be the ninth under the OneWeb program and the third performed from the Baikonur cosmodrome
A batch of spacecraft of the OneWeb global satellite Internet system has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in preparation for their launch. This was reported on the website of Roscosmos on Friday.
Rogozin said that Roscosmos is sending another heavy "Angara" to Plesetsk
The third carrier rocket "Angara A-5" will undergo flight tests
Roscosmos is sending the third Angara A-5 carrier rocket from the Khrunichev Center for flight tests. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on the radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda".
Reuters: the US authorities did not agree with the statement of Jeff Bezos about NASA and SpaceX
The Main Control Department rejected the protest that NASA acted incorrectly when it chose only SpaceX to build the lunar module
The Main Control Department of the United States (GAO, the control and audit body of Congress) did not find a mistake in the actions of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), when it chose only one company, SpaceX, for the construction of the lunar module, not agreeing with the open letter of the founder of Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos. This was reported by the Reuters news agency on Friday.
Roscosmos has reduced the preparation time for conducting experiments on the ISS
The state Corporation Roscosmos has reduced the preparation time for conducting experiments on the International Space Station (ISS) to one and a half years. This was announced on July 30 by the head of the corporation Dmitry Rogozin.
The Ariane 5 rocket launched the world's first reprogrammable commercial communications satellite into orbit
The Ariane 5 heavy launch vehicle has successfully placed the European Eutelsat Quantum satellite and the Brazilian Star One D2 satellite into a geostationary transition orbit, the French operator Arianespace reported.
The Starliner ship was taken away from the launch pad due to bad weather
The Atlas 5 launch vehicle with the CST-100 Starliner of the Boeing Corporation, which was supposed to go to the International Space Station (ISS), was taken away from the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral cosmodrome in Florida due to adverse weather conditions. This was announced on July 30 by the carrier developer company United Launch Alliance (ULA).
The docking system coped with fluctuations at the stage of the rendezvous of the Nauka module with the ISS-flight director
At the stage of the rendezvous of the Nauka module with the ISS, minor fluctuations were noticed, the docking system coped with them, said the flight director of the Russian segment of the ISS, Vladimir Solovyov.
The British Air Force called the actions of Russia and China in outer space dangerous
The Chief of Staff of the United Kingdom's Air Force, Michael Wigston, claims that Moscow and Beijing are carrying out "dubious operations" in space, including flying their own satellites in "close proximity" to others.
The engines of the Zvezda module helped to align the ISS after the incident with Nauka
To eliminate the loss of orientation of the International Space Station (ISS), caused by a 45-degree change in altitude due to the spontaneous activation of the engines of the Russian Nauka module docked to the station on Thursday, it was necessary to turn on the engines of the Zvezda module and the Progress MS-17 cargo ship docked to the Poisk module. This was announced on Friday, July 30, by the REN TV channel.
The UK announced the danger of Russian and Chinese satellites
The Chief of Staff of the British Air Force, Michael Wigston, in an interview with the Daily Telegraph on Thursday, July 29, called the flights of satellites of Russia and China "questionable" activities.
After the docking of the "Science", NASA was happy about the safety of the ISS batteries
Zebulon Scoville, the flight director of the American segment of the International Space Station (ISS), said that after the incident with the Russian multi-purpose laboratory module "Science", he was pleased with the safety of all the solar panels and panels of the ISS. He wrote about this on Thursday on his Twitter page on July 30.
The Salyut Design Bureau said that the resource of "Science" is laid down until the end of 2027
General Designer Sergey Kuznetsov said that the resource of the multi-purpose laboratory module can be extended until 2030
The resource of the multi-purpose laboratory module (MLM) "Science" is set until 2027 with the possibility of extension until 2030. This was stated to journalists by the general designer of the Salyut Design Bureau Sergey Kuznetsov after the docking of the Nauka with the ISS.
Scientific and business events were held in technopolis" ERA " with representatives of the leading state corporations of Russia
Within the framework of joint events of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, a joint innovation session of the military technopolis ERA and Rostec Group of Companies was held, as well as a round table with representatives of TsNIIMash JSC.
Moscow considers the differences between the Russian Federation and the United States in space to be surmountable
The remaining differences between Russia and the United States in the discussion of space can be overcome. This was announced on July 29 by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.
The Russian module "Science" has successfully docked to the ISS
The multifunctional laboratory module (MLM) "Nauka "successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 29, it follows from the live broadcast conducted by Roscosmos.
