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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.

According to the first deputy director of the state Corporation for Economics and Finance Maxim Ovchinnikov, it has doubled

The revenue received on the basis of remote sensing data of the Earth was doubled. This was reported to TASS by the first Deputy Director General of Roscosmos for Economics and Finance Maxim Ovchinnikov.

The launch is scheduled for 17:58 Moscow time on July 21, and the docking with the ISS is scheduled for July 29 at 16: 26 Moscow time

The Proton-M launch vehicle with the Nauka multi-purpose laboratory module (MLM) for the Russian segment of the ISS, which is scheduled for launch on July 21, is installed on the launch pad of the Baikonur cosmodrome. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, published on Saturday.

A Chinese reusable suborbital spacecraft has made its first flight, Xinhua reports. According to the agency, the product landed at the Alashan-Yutsi airfield (Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region) after the flight. The launch and landing of the ship took place on July 16. It is noted that the flight "was completely successful".

According to the representative of the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Council, David West, quoted by the editor of the Space Policy Online portal, Marcia Smith, there is no risk to the safety of the crew.

It turns out that to spy on foreign military bases, you do not need to sit in a secret bunker and study images from military satellites with a magnifying glass.

Advanced samples of modern microelectronics for spacecraft of the future will be shown at the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2021 by the holding company "Russian Space Systems" (RKS, part of the State Corporation "Roscosmos").