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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 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 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.

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 Japanese Space Agency announced the first successful activation of a new design engine using ring detonation waves in space.

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.

In China, three years ago, they began designing a solar power plant for transmitting energy to the Earth. The construction of the station was frozen for a while, but it was resumed a couple of months ago. Now the authorities plan to receive energy from 1 MW of the orbital station by 2030, and from 2049 — from 1 GW.

The loops of the multifunctional laboratory module (MLM) "Nauka", docked to the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS), creak and drown out other sounds, RIA Novosti reports, referring to the NASA-organized broadcast of the crew members ' negotiations with Earth, organized by NASA.

In 2021, the PRC should carry out at least 40 launches and set a new national record

China successfully launched the second group of Tianhui-2 scientific and experimental satellites into orbit on Thursday. This was announced by the Chinese Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

The correction of the orbit height of the International Space Station was postponed to a reserve date at the request of the American side, Roscosmos reported.

The document will help accelerate cooperation in various sectors, including global climate change, agriculture, the ministry noted

The agreement on the exchange of remote sensing data of the BRICS, signed on Wednesday by the member countries of the association (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), was the first step in the cooperation of the "five" in space. This was stated by the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India, which this year chairs the "five", the BRICS Sherpa Sanjay Bhattacharya.

The heads of the space departments of the BRICS countries signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of exchange of satellite data for remote sensing of the Earth (remote sensing), Roscosmos reported.

The peculiarity of the" Sula " is the compact size of the antenna web, which allows you to track the movement of satellites, the Almaz-Antey concern reported

The newest radar station (radar) for observing space objects "Sula" developed by the company " Radiophysics "(part of the concern of East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz-Antey") it is capable of detecting space debris at a distance of up to 6 thousand km.

Ukraine intends to withdraw from two agreements of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on outer space. The relevant information follows from the agenda of the meeting of the Government of the country for Wednesday, August 18.

The United States and Canada have agreed on concrete steps to modernize the Joint Aerospace Defense Command of North America (NORAD). This is stated in a joint statement of the defense ministers of the two countries.

The ambitious project of creating a global mobile satellite communication system "Ether "has been excluded from the national program"Digital Economy". The project implementation costs were estimated at 299 billion rubles. At the same time, 30 billion rubles from extra-budgetary sources should have already been allocated for the design of this system.

For 90 Martian days, the device collected 10 GB of environmental data

The Chinese rover "Zhuzhong" made a journey of 889 meters on the surface of Mars in three months. This was reported on Tuesday by the Central Television of China.

The launch of the spacecraft is planned from the site of the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida

The launch of the American SpaceX Dragon cargo ship with payloads for the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for August 28. This was announced on Tuesday by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

The helicopter-drone Ingenuity ("Ingenuity"), which arrived on Mars together with the Perseverance rover ("Perseverance"), made the 12th successful autonomous flight on the Red Planet, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported.

The systems of the central module of the space station are operating normally, the Office of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China reported

The crew members of the manned spacecraft of the People's Republic of China "Shenzhou-12", working at the Chinese orbital station, will soon go into outer space for the second time. This was announced on Tuesday by the Department of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China.