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The center noted that they are well aware of the level of development of the American engine industry

The M. V. Keldysh Research Center (part of Roscosmos) is ready to assist Boeing in solving the problems of the Starliner spacecraft. This was announced on Tuesday by the general director of the enterprise, Vladimir Koshlakov, TASS.

The first launch of the rocket is scheduled for 2023

Preparatory work began at the Vostochny cosmodrome before installing the launch table for the Angara launch vehicle. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (CENKI, part of Roscosmos) on Tuesday.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has registered a claim of the Russian Ministry of Defense demanding to recover more than 2.4 billion rubles from the Samara JSC "Progress Rocket and Space Center", the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles, follows from the information in the file of arbitration cases.

The landing of American astronauts on the Moon in 2024 is impossible, since the spacesuits are not ready for them. This became known on August 10 from the report of the office of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA.

A flyby near Venus is necessary for the device to get acceleration to enter the orbit of Mercury

The automatic spacecraft BepiColombo made a flyby near Venus on Tuesday, at 13:48 Central European time (15.48 Moscow time), taking pictures of it with its two cameras. This was reported by the European Space Agency (ESA).

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration stated difficulties in achieving this goal

The head of the American company SpaceX, Elon Musk, offered the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) assistance in developing spacesuits.

The Canadian company Geometric Energy, represented by its director Samuel Reed, announced a joint project with SpaceX and the launch of a new service in outer space. We are talking about showing ads that are not visible from the Ground, but the Earth itself will be very clearly visible – it will become the background for the display. Reed believes that large brands will launch a real financial battle for such a PR opportunity, and therefore he has already planned an auction.

Yuri Smirnov, head of the Laboratory for the development and Implementation of biomedical programs of the IMBP RAS, is convinced that the presence of specialized specialists in the cosmonaut squad (Roscosmos or the Academy of Sciences) would be very useful.

The flight passed at a distance of about 8 thousand km from the surface of the planet

The automatic Solar Orbiter spacecraft flew near Venus on Monday. This was reported by the European Space Agency (ESA).

The second stage involves the breeding of a population of quails in orbit, said Yuri Smirnov, head of the Laboratory for the development and implementation of biomedical programs of the IMBP RAS

Astronauts and scientists study the development of Japanese quail embryos in the Science module on the ISS. The first stage is scheduled for 2022, Yuri Smirnov, head of the Laboratory for the development and implementation of biomedical programs of the IMBP RAS, said in an interview with TASS.

For this purpose, a space greenhouse will be delivered to the Nauka module. In the first experiment, Peking cabbage will be planted

The Vitacycle-T experiment, which involves growing plants on an industrial scale in space, will be held in the Science module on the ISS. This was announced in an interview with TASS by Yuri Smirnov, head of the laboratory for the development and implementation of biomedical programs of the IMBP RAS.

Ukraine has been developing the project of this launch vehicle in cooperation with Brazil since 2004

Ukrainian specialists plan to launch a Cyclone-4M rocket from Canada next year. This was stated by the head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Vladimir Taftai.

This measure was introduced in the summer of 2020

Candidates for significant positions in Roscosmos and at enterprises belonging to the state corporation have been undergoing a polygraph test since last year. This was announced by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The node module "Berth"was delivered to the cosmodrome. Already in the fall, he should go to the International Space Station.

In 2021, Russia plans to carry out 10 launches of Soyuz-2 and Soyuz-ST launch vehicles in the interests of foreign customers

The launch of the satellite of the European global satellite navigation system Galileo from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana is scheduled for November 23. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.

The complex is equipped with a subscriber terminal "Gonets", which provides a stable data transmission channel anywhere in the Russian Federation

The software and hardware complex "CEDAR" for tracking the location of logging equipment, its technical condition, the volume of logging and other parameters using satellite communications was developed in the Russian Federation. This was reported to TASS by Pavel Cherenkov, general director of the Gonets Satellite System company (part of Roscosmos).

A number of discoveries with the help of the Russian-German space telescope "Spektr-RG" confirmed the cosmological model of the origin of the Universe as a result of the Big Bang, scientific secretary of the Institute for Space Research Andrey Sadovsky said on Friday, August 6.

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.

On Friday, August 6, at a meeting with the staff of the Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke well about the new multi-purpose boat bearing the name of the city of factory workers. The submarine was built in Severomorsk and launched a few days ago. After completion, it will go to sea for testing.

According to the source, the launch vehicle blocks are being unloaded

The train with the Angara-A5 carrier rocket has arrived in Plesetsk. This was reported to TASS on Friday by a source in the rocket and space industry.