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NASA Launches Climate Change and Natural Disaster Monitoring System
According to the head of NASA, Bill Nelson, hurricanes have become more destructive due to the process of global warming
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is creating a new Earth system observatory to predict and monitor climate change and natural disasters. This is stated in a statement issued on Monday by the press service of NASA.
Roscosmos: VR-complexes with satellite data will be used in geography lessons
The State Corporation is working to promote virtual reality complexes with Lomonosov Moscow State University, other universities, Sirius, and schools
Virtual reality complexes that are being created at Roscosmos can be used in geography lessons using remote sensing data from space. This opinion was expressed by the director of the Digital Development Department of Roscosmos Konstantin Shadrin.
TsNIIMash: revenue from near-Earth space monitoring will exceed 1 billion rubles by 2035.
The number of spacecraft serviced by the enterprise will increase from 45 to 482 from 2024 to 2035
The head scientific institute of Roscosmos-TsNIIMash assumes that the company's revenue from near-Earth space monitoring and satellite protection services on the international market by 2035 may amount to 1.2 billion rubles. This is stated in the materials of the institute, available to TASS.
One of the Glonass-M satellites was taken out of the group for maintenance
This satellite was launched on March 2, 2010 and entered the system on March 28, 2010. The last time it was taken out for maintenance in December 2020
The Russian communication satellite "Glonass-M" No. 732 (23rd point) is temporarily withdrawn from the grouping, according to the website of the information and analytical center for coordinate-time and navigation support of the GLONASS system.
Roscosmos will create a bracelet to search for children and the elderly
Roscosmos intends to create a device that will transmit data on the location of children and the elderly in the event of their disappearance via satellites. This was announced on Tuesday, May 25, by Alexander Bloshenko, Executive Director of the State Corporation for Advanced Programs and Science, speaking at Skolkovo .
"Roscosmos" announced the cost of the flight of astronauts to the Moon
The flight of Russian cosmonauts to the moon can cost from 400 billion to 1.7 trillion rubles. Earlier it became known that Russia plans to build a lunar base together with China.
Developers have closed the project of the supersonic passenger aircraft Aerion
The American company Aerion announced the closure of the project of the supersonic passenger aircraft AS2 and the termination of work. According to Flightglobal, the reason for the closure of the project was a lack of funding. According to the company, the current economic situation and financial situation of Aerion do not allow to complete the AS2 project and start mass production of aircraft.
The engine for the new spacecraft "Eagle" has passed preliminary tests
NPO Energomash has completed a number of tests of the engine for the Orel manned spacecraft, they confirmed the planned service life, Roscosmos reported.
Russia and China have previously agreed on the mutual integration of manned spacecraft to super-heavy missiles
Roscosmos and the Chinese Space Agency have reached an oral agreement on the mutual integration of their manned spacecraft to the superheavy launch vehicles of the two countries, Roscosmos Executive Director for Science Alexander Bloshenko told Interfax.
Tour operators are interested in Roscosmos VR complexes for the development of virtual tourism
The state corporation noted that an interesting direction is the use of remote sensing data in a virtual reality helmet
Russian tour operators are interested in the VR complexes created in Roscosmos for the development of virtual tourism. This was announced by the director of the Digital development Department of the state corporation Konstantin Shadrin.
The VSS Unity rocket plane has reached the edge of space
Virgin Galactic has successfully completed its third space flight. On May 23, the founder of the Virgin Group, British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, announced that the VSS Unity rocket plane successfully climbed to an altitude of 55.45 miles (89 km), reaching the edge of space.
Rogozin promised "engineering miracles" in the space industry in the coming years
The Director General of Roscosmos noted that then people will wear T-shirts with the Roscosmos logo, and not NASA
The public perception of Russian cosmonautics will change in the next two or three years, and the industry will see "engineering miracles". This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin at the ninth international technology conference Startup Village.
Interplanetary station photographed from space rover Curiosity
The Curiosity rover was photographed from space. The footage was taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter interplanetary station, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The device was climbing the Mont-Merc rock, which is named after a mountain in France. Curiosity has been operating for almost a decade. Since August 2012, the rover has covered almost 25 km. 10 years will soon pass since the launch of Curiosity. The photo was taken by the multifunctional automatic interplanetary station MRO.
Elon Musk suggests creating an international lunar base
The logical continuation of the International Space Station (ISS) project will be the creation of international bases on the Moon and on Mars, according to SpaceX founder Elon Musk.
US-Ukrainian Firefly Aerospace has agreed with SpaceX to launch a lander to the Moon
The company of Ukrainian entrepreneur Maxim Polyakov has signed a contract with SpaceX, which involves the launch of a lunar lander under the Artemis program.
New Russian satellite "Arctic-M" will monitor the volcanic situation
During flight tests of the new Russian remote sensing spacecraft "Arktika-M", scientists of the Russian Space Systems Holding (RKS, part of the State Corporation "Roscosmos") tested the possibility and confirmed the effectiveness of using the satellite's target equipment for operational monitoring of volcanic activity, the RKS press service reported.
The Sphere program was submitted to the government for consideration
For 2021, Roscosmos has planned six priority works, in particular three research works
The program for the creation of a multi-satellite group "Sphere" has been submitted to the Government for consideration. This was reported to journalists at the educational marathon "New Knowledge" by the executive director of Roscosmos for advanced programs and science Alexander Bloshenko.
Roscosmos ' daughter to create Spacecraft simulator for Cosmonaut Training Center
[b]As reported in the state corporation, the simulator should be universal for both the existing Soyuz spacecraft and the promising Eagle.]
The simulator of the manned spacecraft will be created on the basis of a virtual reality complex created by the industry IT integrator of Roscosmos "RK-tsifra". This was announced by the director of the Digital Development Department of the state corporation Konstantin Shadrin.
The fate of the Russian segment of the ISS after 2025 will be determined by the country's leadership-Roscosmos
Roscosmos does not rule out continuing participation in the ISS project after 2025, the decision is up to the president, Alexander Bloshenko, executive director of the state Corporation for Science, told Interfax.
The project of the lunar program using the hydrogen "Angara" will be presented to the government in June-Roscosmos
In June, Roscosmos will present a draft lunar program using the Angara-A5V rocket instead of the superheavy Yenisei, and the decision on the specific configuration will be made by the country's leadership, Alexander Bloshenko, executive director of the state Corporation for Science, told Interfax.