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The Russian state corporation "Roscosmos" lost a large sum due to fraudulent actions. The funds were stolen more than five years ago, but a criminal case on the fact of theft on a particularly large scale was opened only now, a source told Izvestia on Thursday, June 3.

Missions will be sent in 2028-2030

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) intends to send two missions to study Venus. This is stated on Wednesday in a statement of the organization published on the official website.

At the Vostochny cosmodrome, new frauds worth hundreds of millions of rubles were revealed, the investigative department of the TFR in the Amur Region opened two criminal cases. This became known to the newspaper "Kommersant".

Russian scientists from 3D Bioprinting Solutions have started an experiment to transplant bone tissue obtained in space to rats. This was announced on Thursday, June 3, by the managing partner of the company, Youssef Hesuani, to RIA Novosti.

The device will be used for weather forecasts and disaster prevention, Xinhua news agency reports.]

China has successfully launched the Fengyun-4-bi meteorological satellite into the specified orbit. This was reported on Thursday by the Xinhua news agency.

Russia and Saudi Arabia are discussing a joint manned space mission and cosmonaut training, but there is no contract yet, Sergei Krikalev, executive director of the state Corporation for Manned programs, told Interfax.

Unknown people previously painted the space shuttle with graffiti

Roscosmos took the Buran spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome facility under round-the-clock security. This was announced on Thursday by the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin at SPIEF-2021.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, stressed that the demonstration of a real satellite would be "the best example for investors to invest in the development of orbiters".]

A fundamentally new spacecraft, being developed under the Sphere program, will be created by the end of 2022. This was announced to journalists on Thursday on the sidelines of SPIEF-2021 by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

Deliveries will begin later on the order of Roscosmos

A prototype parachute system for the Eagle spacecraft will be ready in 2023. This was announced by Igor Nasenkov, head of the Technodinamika holding company of the Rostec State Corporation, on the sidelines of the congress of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia.

Glavkosmos plans to order two manned Soyuz spacecraft for future space tourists, they will be ready by the end of 2023, the head of the company Dmitry Loskutov told Interfax.

This is also important for improving relations between the two countries, Alexander Sergeev believes

TASS, June 1. Cooperation between Russian and American scientists in the field of space research is important to continue, including to improve relations between the two countries. This was stated by the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeev on the air of the TV channel "Russia-24".

More than 500 units of military equipment have been transferred to the Space and Air Defense forces over the past five years, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on a conference call at the Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday.

The collection took six months to create

Roscosmos together with Illan Communications presented branded products in Moscow. For its sale, it is planned to open new outlets, said the first deputy director of the state corporation for Economics and Finance Maxim Ovchinnikov.

The State Design Bureau Yuzhnoye named after M. K. Yangel of Ukraine has signed a contract with ISILAUNCH for the launch of the Sich 2-30 (2-1) remote sensing satellite from the SpaceX launch pad. This was announced on Monday, May 31, by the Minister for Strategic Industries of the country Oleg Urusky.

The launch of the first radar Earth observation satellite "Obzor-R" is planned for next year. This, as reported by "RIA Novosti", said the deputy director of the Department of navigation space systems of Roscosmos Valery Zaichko.

Russia has tested a rocket engine that can run for more than three thousand seconds (50 minutes), making it a record-breaking long-running engine. This is reported by TASS.

It worked for more than 3 thousand seconds

The new rocket engine was able to run on tests for more than 3 thousand seconds, which is a record. This was announced by the chief designer of JSC "KB Khimavtomatiki" Viktor Gorokhov on the air of the program "Military acceptance" on the TV channel "Zvezda".

The first prototype methane engine for the new reusable launch vehicle Amur-LNG will be manufactured and tested by November 2025, according to materials posted on the state procurement website.

The new Russian manned spacecraft "Eagle" will be able to fly around the Earth for about a year and around the Moon for up to six months, according to the materials of Roscosmos, posted on the state procurement website.

Two Resurs-P Earth remote sensing satellites will be launched next year, said Valery Zaichko, deputy director of the Department of Navigation Space Systems of the state Corporation Roscosmos.