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Blue Origin successfully launched and landed the New Shepard spacecraft
Today, the Blue Origin Corporation conducted another successful launch and landing of its new ship New Shepard. The launch took place in unmanned mode. Blue Origin has once again proved the reliability of the new spacecraft by conducting another successful launch and landing. Start
A method of laser data transmission from space to Earth on the principle of a QR code has been patented in the Russian Federation
The technology can also be used to inform the population
The Russian company Avant Space has patented a laser communication method that will be able to transmit information from space to Earth on the principle of a QR code. This was reported to TASS in the organization on Thursday.
Russia will launch its own orbital spaceport
Astronauts will fly to ROSS on a shift basis
The Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia is working on the launch of the first in the history of the domestic orbital station with the functions of a space port. This was reported on Thursday on the YouTube channel of RSC Energia in a program dedicated to the activities of the corporation.
The American long-range anti-radar missile will go into production
The US Navy has approved the production of the long-range anti-radar missile AARGM-ER. The military plans to order the first two pilot batches in the next few months.
Rogozin: a polygraph test weeds out many candidates for the position of top managers
Candidates for significant positions in Roscosmos and at enterprises belonging to the state corporation have been undergoing a polygraph test since the summer of 2020
The polygraph test introduced in Roscosmos when applying for a top manager position filters out many candidates, said Dmitry Rogozin, General Director of the state corporation.
The US did not ask Russia for help to solve the problems of Starliner
As reported by the general director of the center. Keldysh Vladimir Koshlakov, the company is ready for such work
The United States has not yet requested assistance from the M. V. Keldysh Research Center (part of Roscosmos) in solving the problems of the American manned Starliner spacecraft. This was announced to TASS by the general director of the enterprise Vladimir Koshlakov at the International military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".
The launch date of the first "Angara" with a new upper stage has been named
Sergey Kuznetsov, General Designer of the Salyut Design Bureau (part of the Khrunichev Center), told RIA Novosti on Wednesday, August 25, that the first oxygen-hydrogen upper stage (KVTK) will be launched in 2027. It will significantly increase the payload capacity of the Angara launch vehicle.
China has successfully launched an experimental communications satellite
This launch was the 386th launch for the Changzheng series launch vehicles
China has launched an experimental communications satellite using the Changzheng-3-bi launch vehicle (CZ-3B, Long March-3B). This was reported on Wednesday by the Central Television of China.
NASA has announced its desire for long-term cooperation with Russia
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that the United States expects to continue its partnership with Russia regarding the operation of the International Space Station (ISS). This is reported by RIA Novosti.
The project of a multi-kilometer station in Earth orbit is proposed
China has proposed to build a multi-kilometer space station in a long-term orbit around the Earth. It is planned to spend 15 million yuan ($2.3 million) to study the feasibility of such a project. This is reported by the South China Morning Post.
The Chinese authorities said that they are concerned about the US strategy for the militarization of space
The official representative of the country's Foreign Ministry, Wang Wenbin, noted that Beijing, together with Moscow, promotes the non-proliferation of weapons in near-Earth space
The Chinese authorities are concerned about the US strategy for the militarization of outer space and, together with Russia, are promoting the non-proliferation of weapons in near-Earth space. This was announced on Wednesday by the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Wang Wenbin.
China is considering the possibility of creating an ultra-large spacecraft
The device will consist of several modules that will be launched into orbit separately and assembled in space
The National Foundation of Natural Sciences of China is considering a project to create an "ultra-large spacecraft extending for kilometers". This was reported by the South China Morning Post newspaper.
Astronauts on the ISS will go into space about 10 times to integrate the two modules
Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) will go into outer space about 10 times by the end of 2022 to integrate and retrofit the Russian Nauka and Prichal modules. Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky told about this on August 25 in the Twitter microblogging network.
More than 30 OneWeb communication satellites were delivered to Baikonur
The launch of the Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket with satellites on board is scheduled for September 2021
The An-124 aircraft delivered 34 OneWeb communication satellites to the Baikonur Cosmodrome. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Wednesday.
China will complete a wind tunnel with a flow rate of up to Mach 30 in 2022
The construction of the Chinese hypersonic wind tunnel JF22 is scheduled to be completed next year. According to China Central Television, it will be able to simulate a maximum speed of up to 10 kilometers per second — 30 times the speed of sound — and an altitude of 40 to 100 kilometers.
The reusable stage of the New Glenn heavy rocket was shown for the first time in the photo
The American company Blue Origin, within the framework of the Jarvis project, is developing a reusable upper stage of the New Glenn heavy rocket, the prototype component of which was delivered for testing to launch complex 36, located at Cape Canaveral (Florida). The corresponding photos are published by ArsTechnica.
Rogozin said that he would invite Musk, Branson and Bezos to the launch of Soyuz MS-19 on October 5
The head of Roscosmos intends to send invitations on August 25
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said that he intends to invite entrepreneurs Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson to launch the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which is scheduled for October 5.
A porthole was opened for the first time on the Russian module of the ISS "Nauka"
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky opened the porthole of the multi-purpose laboratory module of the International Space Station "Nauka"on Sunday, August 22. Roscosmos published the video on Tuesday, August 24.
The RD-180 engines delivered in the USA are enough to complete the tests of the Starliner - Rogozin ship
The stock of Russian RD-180 engines delivered to the United States is enough to complete the tests of the Starliner manned spacecraft, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, told Interfax.
The Luna-25 spacecraft will be sent to the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the spring of 2022
The launch is scheduled for May
The Luna-25 automatic station is scheduled to be sent to the Vostochny Cosmodrome in early-mid-spring 2022. This was announced by the first Deputy General Director - General Designer of JSC "NPO Lavochkina" Alexander Shirshakov.
