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We are talking, in particular, about Chinese research with the potential participation of Russia, said former US senator and astronaut Bill Nelson

China's space exploration, including lunar exploration and potentially involving Russia, should be of concern to the United States.

Russia has a space constellation of 162 satellites. This was announced on April 21 by the General Director of Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems (part of Roscosmos») Nikolai Testoyedov at the general meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The results of scientific research and samples of devices were demonstrated to the experts of the optoelectronic industry and representatives of the leading technical universities of the Russian Federation by the participants of the final round of the corporate project of the Shvabe holding "The Power of Light-2021".

Russia is considering the possibility of transferring its segment to the International Space Station (ISS) The United States after 2025. This was announced on April 21 by the head of the state corporation "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin.

According to experts, it will be able to determine the landing site for astronauts, as well as collect samples of lunar soil

Russian scientists are considering the possibility of delivering a robot MARFA to the moon, which will be able to collect soil samples for research. This was stated by the scientific director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Lev Zeleny during the general meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

As reported in Roscosmos, the court imposed a fine of 100 thousand rubles

The Court of Appeal overturned the decision to suspend construction work on the launch complex "Angara" of the Vostochny cosmodrome. This was reported to TASS in the press service of Roscosmos on Wednesday.

This initiative was made by academician Lev Zeleny

The General Meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences plans to once again take the initiative to create a space council under the President of the Russian Federation. This was stated by the President of the Academy Alexander Sergeev at the general meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The new Russian space station will not be permanently inhabited, like the ISS, due to radiation exposure in a high-latitude orbit, said the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

Vladimir Solovyov, flight director of the Russian segment of the ISS, First Deputy General Designer for flight operation and testing of rocket and space complexes and systems of RSC Energia, noted that the discussion on the creation of the station has been going on for a long time.

The NASA technical team discussed the possibility of undocking the Russian segment of the ISS after Russia's withdrawal from the project. This was announced on Wednesday, April 21, by a source of "RIA Novosti".

Amazon has signed an agreement with the United Launch Alliance (ULA), which involves launching Kuiper satellite Internet spacecraft on nine Atlas V rockets, Ars Technica reports.

The situation associated with the aging of the structures of the International Space Station is becoming catastrophic, and Russia cannot put the lives of astronauts at risk. This was warned by Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Yuri Borisov on the air of the TV channel "Russia 1", his words are transmitted by TASS.

Russia is trying to weaken the US capabilities in space in order to win in possible future conflicts, the head of the US Space Command, James Dickinson, said on Tuesday.

First Deputy head of Roscosmos for the development of the orbital group and promising projects Yuri Urlichich noted that budget and extra-budgetary investments in the program will be equal

Roscosmos expects that the program for the creation of the multi-satellite group "Sphere" will be approved in the first half of the year.

Roscosmos recalled that the rocket is designed for a certain cost of the launch service, so it is also designed for foreign customers

The satellites under the Sphere program are to become the first payload of the Amur methane launch vehicle with a return stage. This was reported to TASS by the Executive Director of Roscosmos for Advanced programs and Science Alexander Bloshenko.

The Director General of Roscosmos noted that the first basic module is already in operation

The Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia has been tasked with ensuring the readiness of the first base module for the new Russian space station in 2025. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The deterioration of the International Space Station (ISS) can have serious consequences, up to a catastrophe. This opinion was expressed on Monday, April 19, by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government Yuri Borisov.

Starlink satellite Internet will become mobile by the end of the year. This was announced on Twitter by the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk (Elon Musk).

NASA has developed the SHIELDS telescope probe, which is designed to study the heliosphere (the region of near-solar space that provides protection for all objects in the Solar System) and detect particles entering the Solar System from interstellar space.

[b]In the event of a failure of one of the engines, it will be turned off, and the others will be forced, said Igor Pshenichnikov, chief expert of the Department of Advanced Programs and the Sphere Project of Roscosmos.]

The system of withdrawal from the launch pad is being created for the new Russian methane launch vehicle "Amur", it will be triggered in the event of a launch accident.