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The parties concluded a corresponding agreement at the site of the International Aviation and Space Salon. They also plan to cooperate in the implementation of projects for scientific and educational purposes.

The press secretary of Roscosmos, Vladimir Ustimenko, denied the report that the corporation had received permission from the US government to conclude a contract for the supply of RD-181M rocket engines, RIA Novosti reports.

At the station in Barnaul, during the launch of the Nauka module to the ISS, telemetry temporarily disappeared. This was announced on July 21 by the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin.

The ISS crew has re-parked the Crew Dragon spacecraft — another one will take its place. The SpaceX spacecraft with four astronauts on board departed from the front module and docked at the anti-aircraft node to make room for the Boeing Corporation's Starliner, the Izvestia TV channel reports. It should arrive at the station at the end of July. According to NASA, this will be the second test unmanned launch. The ship is designed for seven people and an autonomous flight lasting 60 hours.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that within eight days they will work with the module, preparing for rendezvous and docking with the ISS

The multi-purpose laboratory module "Nauka", which was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on Wednesday, is in the calculated orbit. This was announced by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The test took a few seconds

SpaceX conducted static tests of the engines of the Super Heavy launch vehicle on Monday, which is expected to launch the Starship spacecraft into low-Earth orbit for further flight to Mars.

The observatory is sending images to Earth again, the department stressed

The Hubble Orbital Observatory has fully resumed its work and is sending images to Earth again. This was announced on Monday by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

The American government supported the purchase of Russian RD-181M engines manufactured by NPO Energomash. This was announced on July 20 in his Telegram channel by the head of the press service of Roscosmos, Vladimir Ustimenko.

The Su-34 crews used half-ton corrected aerial bombs with satellite guidance. The exercises of the aviation regiment of the Central Military District are held on the territory of the Kurgan region.

Roskartografiya noted that they are interested in obtaining remote sensing data from spacecraft for use in operational monitoring of changes in the Earth's surface.

The Russian Federation and the United States have made great progress in negotiations on the supply of Russian RD-181M rocket engines to Washington, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, told Interfax.

Blue Origin has launched its new spacecraft for the first time. The company's founder, Jeff Bezos, was also on board.

The American company Blue Origin plans to carry out two more launches of its New Shepard spacecraft with passengers on board. This was announced on Tuesday, July 20, at a press conference by billionaire Jeff Bezos, who owns the company.

Vladimir Putin spoke at the opening ceremony of the 15th International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2021.

The private corporation Success Rockets announced the registration of the company SR Satellites, which will be engaged in the production of spacecraft. The work will be carried out jointly with the Arcturus Center.

The 18-year-old student Oliver Damen will fly on the New Shepard spacecraft of the founder of Amazon and the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, according to the website of the company Blue Origin, which organizes the flight.

According to NASA, the undocking of Crew Dragon Endeavour from the ISS Harmony module is scheduled for July 21 at 06: 45 on the US East Coast time

Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) will perform the docking of SpaceX's Crew Dragon manned spacecraft. As noted on Thursday on the website of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States, this is necessary in order to make room for another manned spacecraft CST-100 Starliner of the Boeing Corporation.

About 3.7 billion rubles were allocated for the creation of the Russian ultraviolet space telescope "Spectrum-UV" in the period up to 2025. The device will become an analogue of the American Hubble telescope. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the data of the public procurement website.

Observations will resume in the next two days after the engineers have completed the verification and calibration of all scientific instruments

TASS, July 16. NASA engineers have successfully completed the procedure for switching the Hubble orbital observatory to work with a backup onboard computer after part of the spacecraft's electronics failed in mid-June.

At the same time, Orbital Sciences LLC must guarantee that Antares rockets with Russian engines will not be used to launch military vehicles

The Russian government has approved negotiations on the conclusion of a contract for the supply of Russian RD-181M engines manufactured by NPO Energomash (part of Roscosmos) for the American company Orbital Sciences LLC. This is stated in the order of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin, published on the Internet portal-legal information.