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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).

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.

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 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 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.

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 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.

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, 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 spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) has been postponed. This was reported on Tuesday, August 3, in the American company Boeing.

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.

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 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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

According to the head of Roscosmos, there are currently restrictive measures on visiting cosmodromes due to the coronavirus pandemic

Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, proposed to hold a Summer Space School at the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

The flight time can theoretically be reduced to 1 hour and 20 minutes, but for safety reasons, the optimal estimated time is 2 hours and 7 minutes, Roscosmos reported

Transport spacecraft will be able to reach the International Space Station (ISS) using a single-turn scheme in about two hours. This was reported to TASS by the head of the ballistics department of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (part of Roscosmos), Rafail Murtazin.

The station turned 45 degrees, said Zebulon Scoville, the flight director of the American segment of the ISS

The International Space Station (ISS) made almost one and a half turns during the incident with the Russian multi-purpose laboratory module (MLM) "Science". This was stated on Saturday evening by the head of the flight of the American segment of the ISS Zebulon Scoville.