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Virgin Galactic resumes selling tickets to space tourists
The American company Virgin Galactic, which plans to organize tourist suborbital space flights, has started selling tickets for its SpaceShipTwo spaceplane. The price of one seat starts from $450 thousand. This is stated in the company's statement published on Thursday, August 5.
A device for ensuring the stable operation of electronics in the aerospace industry was developed in the capital's SEZ
Import-substituting technologies for aviation and space were presented by a resident of the Technopolis Moscow SEZ, the general director of the capital's special economic zone said Gennady Degtev.
Bezos 'company criticized Musk's Starship because of the "increased danger"
The company Blue Origin, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, criticized the Starship spacecraft of Elon Musk's SpaceX company. It was to him that NASA gave preference when concluding a contract for the creation of a lunar module.
China has successfully launched two small telecommunications satellites Beta
The launch was carried out using a CZ-6 rocket from the Taiyuan Cosmodrome
China on Wednesday successfully launched into orbit two small telecommunications satellites Beta, designed to provide multimedia services. This was announced by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
Elon Musk showed the finished first stage of Starship
SpaceX has installed 29 Raptor methane engines on the Super Heavy-the first stage of the Starship space system. Now it is assembled and can soon be used for the first orbital test.
In Roscosmos, attempts to link the postponement of the Starliner launch with the Nauka module were considered ugly"
The head of the press service of the state corporation, Vladimir Ustimenko, said that there was bad weather at the cosmodrome, and "the ship and the rocket were returned back to the vertical assembly shop, which would not have been done if the transfer really happened because of "Science".
Ukraine announced plans to withdraw from the CIS agreement on space exploration
Ukraine intends to withdraw from the agreement of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on joint activities in the exploration and use of outer space. This is on Wednesday, August 4, follows from the draft decree of the President of the country Vladimir Zelensky.
The incident with the engines of "Science" did not cause damage to the ISS, but the consequences in the future are not excluded - " Roscosmos"
The incident with the Nauka engines did not cause damage to the ISS, but the consequences may manifest themselves in the future, said Sergey Krikalev, executive director of Roscosmos for manned space programs.
Musk said that he is studying Russia's developments on rocket engines to create his own
The Russian rocket industry is amazing, said the founder of SpaceX
The founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, said that he highly appreciates the Russian rocket industry and is studying many designs of rocket engines invented in Russia to create his own power plants.
The ISS orbit will be adjusted on August 19 in preparation for the launch of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft"
The previous orbit correction was carried out on June 24
The next correction of the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) in preparation for the launch of the Soyuz MS-19 manned transport vehicle (TPK) will take place on August 19. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Tuesday.
NASA believes that Congress can extend the work of the ISS until 2030
Roscosmos previously reported that due to the aging of a significant part of the station's equipment, the further operation of the Russian segment of the ISS after 2024 creates additional risks
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) expects that the US Congress will extend the work of the ISS until 2030 this year.
The head of NASA spoke about the prospects of the "Science"module
The head of NASA, Bill Nelson, during the conference on the operation of the International Space Station (ISS), said that the addition of the Russian module "Science" to the ISS will contribute to the development of cooperation between the Russian Federation and the United States.
The launch of the Starliner to the International Space Station was postponed again
The launch of the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) has been postponed. This was reported on Tuesday, August 3, in the American company Boeing.
RSC Energia said that spending on working out a single-turn flight scheme to the ISS is not necessary
Such a scheme leads to a reduction in fuel consumption, which, in the case of the launch of the Progress-MS truck, can be used to correct the station's orbit, said Raphael Murtazin, head of the corporation's ballistics department.
NASA has announced the launch date of the Starliner spacecraft on the ISS
The launch of the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to take place on August 3, the aerospace agency NASA announced on Monday, August 2.
The UK Space Command begins work
The British have officially launched the Space Command. The Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom indicates that the space forces will protect the interests and capabilities of the country in space.
Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo will fly by Venus on August 9 and 10
The spacecraft will fly over the planet with an interval of only 33 hours
The automatic spacecraft Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo will fly over the planet Venus on August 9 and 10, 2021. This was announced on Monday by the European Space Agency (ESA).
Astronauts will start unloading the module " Science"
It docked to the ISS on July 29
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov, who are on board the International Space Station (ISS), will begin unloading the multi-purpose laboratory module (MLM) "Science"on Monday. This was reported by a specialist of the Mission Control Center (MCC) to the astronauts, the negotiations are broadcast on the NASA website.
Rogozin proposed to create a module for tourists at the new orbital station
According to the CEO of Roscosmos, the state corporation will not engage in suborbital flights, like American billionaires
The Director General of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, proposed to create a special module at the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS) for tourists to visit it.
Rogozin: the "Science" module will allow conducting 2.5 times more experiments on the ISS
This opportunity is due to the equipment and workplaces that are installed on the module, the general director of Roscosmos noted
The multi-purpose laboratory module (MLM) "Nauka" will more than double the number of experiments performed on board the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin. He gave a lecture on Monday as part of the Summer Space School.
