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The remaining differences between Russia and the United States in the discussion of space can be overcome. This was announced on July 29 by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.

The multifunctional laboratory module (MLM) "Nauka "successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 29, it follows from the live broadcast conducted by Roscosmos.

The launch was carried out using a CZ-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Cosmodrome

China on Thursday successfully launched the Tinahui-1-04 satellite into orbit to conduct scientific experiments and study land resources. This was announced by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

Smoke covers the region from the city of Mirny to the village of Ust-May and from Yakutsk to Aldan

TASS, July 28. Thick smoke is visible over Yakutia in a photo of forest fires taken from space by the Meteor-M satellite. The image was published on Twitter by Roscosmos.

The Spektr-RG Space Observatory helped astronomers see the early stages of the event of the tidal destruction of a star by a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy. The light from the source went to the Earth for 2.5 billion years, further observations of it will help determine the mass of a supermassive black hole and the rate of accretion of matter to it, according to the website of the Institute for Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

During the flight of the Russian module "Science" to the International Space Station (ISS), several problems arose. On July 28, the European Space Agency (ESA) told about this, noting that now the nuances have been eliminated.

The American SpaceX has completed the construction of the hundredth Raptor rocket engine, the space company reports on Twitter.

China and Russia should respond decisively to the involvement of the United States of outer space in the military confrontation of major powers and resist the creation by the Americans, together with their allies, of an improved radar facility for deep space (Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability, DARC).

The next pulse for building the orbit is scheduled for July 28

Specialists of the Mission Control Center (MCC) carried out a correction of the orbit of the multi-purpose laboratory module (MLM) "Science". This was announced by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The transfer of "Lightning" to KTRV continues the trend of creating vertical profile holdings in the Russian military-industrial complex, said Ivan Konovalov, Development Director of the Fund for Assistance to Technologies of the XXI Century.

The private aerospace company SpaceX and the United Launch Alliance (ULA) enterprise will participate in the competition for the launch of 150 military satellites under the program of the Space Development Agency (AKR, a structural division of the US Department of Defense) at the end of 2024, according to the agency's website.

An unscheduled spacewalk is not required, Roscosmos reported

The specialists of the Mission Control Center (MCC) did not detect mechanical interference for the docking of the multi-purpose laboratory module (MLM) "Science" with the International Space Station (ISS), an unscheduled spacewalk is not required. This was reported on Tuesday in Roscosmos.

NPO Molniya has been a member of Kalashnikov since September 2018

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies has transferred the Molniya Research and Production Association (NPO), which developed the Buran spacecraft, to the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV). This was reported to journalists on Tuesday in the press service of Kalashnikov.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in an open letter addressed the leadership of NASA with a proposal to allocate $2 billion to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in exchange for the participation of his space company Blue Origin in the preparation of missions to the Moon.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on Tuesday, July 27, a successful test of the S-520 meteorological rocket with a new engine of its own design.

The docking of the new module with the ISS is scheduled for July 29

The Pirs module was successfully de-orbited with the help of the Progress cargo ship and sunk in the non-navigable region of the Pacific Ocean. This was reported on Monday in Roscosmos.

The Pier module was undocked on the ISS. The undocking of Progress MS-16 with the module from the ISS took place on July 26 at 13:56, according to the Twitter account of Roscosmos.

The process of controlling a spacecraft operating in orbit and conducting satellite imagery of any point in Russia is demonstrated at the Russian Space Systems Holding company (RKS), which is taking place at the Zhukovsky Air Show MAKS-2021 near Moscow.

Scheduled work continues with the module

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin held a meeting on the flight of the multi-purpose laboratory module "Science", launched on Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome. This was reported to TASS on Friday in the press service of the state corporation.

The complex is not ready yet, but many calculation modules are used to solve various tasks, including in the interests of Roscosmos, the MIPT noted

The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), with the support of TsNIIMash (part of Roscosmos) and the Foundation for Advanced Research, is developing a software package that can be used to design multi-satellite space groupings. This was told to TASS by a representative of MIPT.