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Roscosmos specialists managed to launch the main engines of the new Nauka module. Earlier it was reported about technical problems that occurred after the start.

The period of operation of the rover will be 92 earth days

The Zhuzhong rover of the Chinese Tianwen-1 mission covered a total of about 585 m on the surface of the planet. This was reported on Friday by the Central Television of China.

26 Glonass satellites remain in the group

The Russian Glonass navigation satellite No. 716 (15th point) has been withdrawn from the system grouping. This is stated in the message of the Information and Analytical Center for Coordinate and Time Support.

Roscosmos specialists have not yet been able to launch the main engines of the Nauka module (MLM) for orbit correction, which was planned to be carried out today, the cause of the failure is not exactly clear, a source in the rocket and space industry told N + 1.

According to cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky, "there are no problems with brains and hands in Russia," but conditions should be created for startups

Suborbital flights, if there is an investor, are a lifting and, in the future, a scalable business for Russia. There are capacities and engineering forces for this, Russian cosmonaut, scientist, Hero of Russia Sergey Ryazansky said at a press conference at the Ural Information Center TASS on Thursday.

This makes even more mysterious the results of measurements of the Curiosity rover, which in the summer of 2019 detected methane emissions in the Gale crater

TASS, July 22. The ExoMars-TGO space probe did not find even minimal traces of methane, phosphine and other substances in the Martian atmosphere that can indicate the presence of Earth-type life. The European Space Agency (ESA) writes about this on its website.

The holding company "Roselectronics" of the Rostec State Corporation together with JSC "Russian Space Systems" for the first time presented a new generation of high-efficiency microwave amplifiers for space applications at MAKS-2021.

The US is leading a space race with China, but maintains a partnership with Russia. This was announced on July 21 by the head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Bill Nelson in an interview with The Washington Post.

Neural networks find changes in the forest, compare them with the permitted declarations (where it is possible to cut) and make a decision, send inspectors, said Milana Elerdova, general director of TERRA TECH.

At the station in Barnaul, during the launch of the Nauka module to the ISS, telemetry temporarily disappeared. This was announced on July 21 by the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin.

The ISS crew has re-parked the Crew Dragon spacecraft — another one will take its place. The SpaceX spacecraft with four astronauts on board departed from the front module and docked at the anti-aircraft node to make room for the Boeing Corporation's Starliner, the Izvestia TV channel reports. It should arrive at the station at the end of July. According to NASA, this will be the second test unmanned launch. The ship is designed for seven people and an autonomous flight lasting 60 hours.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that within eight days they will work with the module, preparing for rendezvous and docking with the ISS

The multi-purpose laboratory module "Nauka", which was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on Wednesday, is in the calculated orbit. This was announced by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The press secretary of Roscosmos, Vladimir Ustimenko, denied the report that the corporation had received permission from the US government to conclude a contract for the supply of RD-181M rocket engines, RIA Novosti reports.

The parties concluded a corresponding agreement at the site of the International Aviation and Space Salon. They also plan to cooperate in the implementation of projects for scientific and educational purposes.

In total, about 170 experiments are planned to be carried out on the ISS as part of the long-term program of targeted work

Roscosmos together with Moscow State University will conduct an experiment on the multi-purpose laboratory module (MLM) "Science" on the adaptation of the human vestibular apparatus to being in space. This was announced by the executive director of Roscosmos for advanced programs and science Alexander Bloshenko in an interview with the TV channel "Russia-24".

Sergey Kud-Sverchkov believes that cosmonautics will gradually step forward, but due to the hostility of the space environment, these steps are more accurate

A niche for astronauts will remain even in the case of active development of space tourism. This opinion was expressed by cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov at the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2021.

The technology provides almost 100% protection against all viruses, said Nikolay Kolesov, General Director of the Radioelectronic Technologies Concern

The Radioelectronic Technologies Concern (KRET, part of Rostec) will develop a unique air purification system for the International Space Station (ISS) that provides almost 100% protection against all viruses. This was announced to TASS within the framework of MAKS-2021 by the general director of the concern Nikolai Kolesov.

The FSB proposes to add a number of defense and military information that is not related to state secrets, but which may harm the interests of Russia, to the list of information prohibited for transmission to foreign states. The corresponding draft order of the FSB Director has been published on the Federal Portal of Draft Regulatory Legal Acts.

The Russian Design Bureau (KB) Arsenal presented at the International Aviation and Space Salon of 2021 (MAKS-2021) a mock-up of the Zeus space nuclear tug, which will receive a megawatt-class power propulsion system. RIA Novosti showed the corresponding pictures in its Telegram channel.

At the same time, Glonass-K2 will be ready this year, the source said

The launch of the newest navigation satellite "Glonass-K2" has been postponed to next year. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry on the sidelines of the International Aviation and Space Salon (MAKS).