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US Congressmen are dissatisfied with the failures of NASA in the development of new spacesuits
$420 million has already been spent on the program
A number of members of the House of Representatives of the US Congress expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that the US space agency delayed the creation of new spacesuits that should be used for flights to the Moon and Mars. This was reported on Monday by the UPI news agency, in an interview with which the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Don Bayer, said that he intends to hold hearings in order to get explanations from the leadership of NASA.
Rosatom has planned an experiment with space laser communication for 2024
One device will stand on the Progress, the second-on the ISS, and the communication procedure will be worked out between them
The creation of a prototype of equipment for space laser communication is planned to be completed at the Russian Federal Nuclear Center - the All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC-VNIIEF, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region, part of the Rosatom state Corporation) by 2024. This was reported on Monday by the newspaper "Strana Rosatom".
The Roscosmos enterprise has signed contracts with oil and gas companies for 6 billion rubles
The documents were signed within the framework of the Army-2021 forum
NPO Iskra has signed contracts with major oil and gas companies for the supply of equipment in the amount of 6 billion rubles. This was reported to journalists on Monday in the press service of Roscosmos.
Rogozin promised to load the unused capacities of Roscosmos with work
The general director of the state corporation said that the production of civilian products will be established at the sites as part of the diversification program
In principle, Roscosmos will not sell production sites that are not currently in use, but will establish production of civilian products on them as part of the diversification program. This was announced by the general director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".
How to assemble a Soyuz launch vehicle
The Mozhaisk Military Space Academy has presented a virtual assembly and test building of the Plesetsk cosmodrome for the assembly of the Soyuz launch vehicle for training cadets to assemble rockets from scratch.
Light metro will be built at the Vostochny Cosmodrome
According to the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, it will connect the airport with the cosmodrome
A light metro is planned to be built at the Vostochny cosmodrome to connect it with the airport, which will be built in 2023. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".
NASA has suspended the execution of the contract for the landing of a man on the Moon with SpaceX
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has suspended until November 2021 the execution of a contract for the development of a human landing system on the lunar surface, the main contractor of which is the American private aerospace company SpaceX, the specialized website SpaceNews reports.
The rotating detonation engine was tested in space
The Japanese Space Agency announced the first successful activation of a new design engine using ring detonation waves in space.
The Chinese are mastering their ISS
Chinese taikonauts went into outer space from the Tianhe module at the Chinese Tiangong space station under construction to perform work, the broadcast is conducted by the Chinese Global Television Network.
The launch of the Russian automatic station to the Moon was postponed to May 2022
The postponement of the launch is associated with the need for additional confirmation of the declared characteristics of its devices, aggregates and propulsion system
The launch of the Russian automatic station "Luna-25" on a natural satellite of the Earth has been postponed to May 2022. This was reported to TASS in the press service of Roscosmos on Friday.
Rogozin called Russian specialists capable of challenging Elon Musk
The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, called Russian specialists capable of challenging the SpaceX team of American inventor and billionaire Elon Musk. According to him, these are new personnel of the Samara University, the press service of the Samara region quotes RIA Novosti.
Rogozin explained the lawsuit of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the RCC "Progress" by the situation caused by sanctions
The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, during a working trip to Progress Rocket and Space Center JSC (Samara), noted the need to improve the regulatory framework and Russian legislation in the face of sanctions, the press service of the government of the Samara region reported on Friday.
The ISS orbit was raised to prepare for the launch of the Soyuz with an actress and a director on board
The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) was raised to prepare for the launch of the Soyuz MS-19 transport manned spacecraft. On board are actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko, they will shoot the first feature film in space under the working title "Challenge". This was reported on Saturday, August 21, by the press service of Roscosmos.
The US saw the "Russian threat" in space
The US Congressional Research Service presented a report on the militarization of space, in which the authors saw a threat in Russian and Chinese research. This is reported by RT.
Video: the US-Ukrainian Firefly Alpha rocket has successfully passed fire tests
The company Firefly Aerospace conducted a static burn of the first stage of the promising Alpha launch vehicle. Its start may take place soon.
The Soyuz was launched from Baikonur on the third attempt
The Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket with 34 OneWeb communication satellites launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the third attempt. This is reported on the website of the state corporation "Roscosmos".
Flight trajectories for OneWeb satellite launches from Baikonur will be finalized
Research is being conducted to launch 36 OneWeb spacecraft from the cosmodrome, not 34, Roscosmos noted
The flight trajectories from the Baikonur cosmodrome during the launches of the British OneWeb communication satellites will be finalized to increase the number of devices being launched at a time. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Sunday.
There are no plans to resume launches of Strela launch vehicles from Baikonur
General Director - General Designer of the enterprise Alexander Leonov said that the launchers for this type of missiles were transferred to JSC "CENKI"
Reutov NPO of Mechanical Engineering (part of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation) It does not plan to resume launches of carrier rockets "Strela" from the Baikonur cosmodrome. This was announced by the general director-General designer of the enterprise Alexander Leonov in an interview with TASS at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army - 2021".
"Kronstadt" at the "Army-2021" presented mini-drones for the inspection of space rockets
The company noted that the UAVs are designed primarily for the examination of complex, hard-to-reach and dangerous places for human life
The Kronshtadt company presented at the Army-2021 forum a new line of mini-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that will allow exploring dangerous and hard-to-reach places for humans, in particular, conducting a pre-launch inspection of space rockets. This was reported to TASS on Sunday in the company's press service.
About 30 thousand large objects of space debris are in orbit-expert
The number of space debris objects with a diameter of more than 10 cm in near-Earth orbit is about 30 thousand, said Georgy Medovnikov, General Director of the Vympel IAC.
