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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 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.

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.

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.

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.

In particular, different legal entities, companies and teams of remotely distributed designers will be able to work with the same 3D model of the product

The virtual reality complex being created at Roscosmos will be used for the production of equipment by remote designers. This was reported to TASS by the director of the Department of digital development of Roscosmos Konstantin Shadrin.

The spacecraft has reached the surface of the planet

The Zhuzhong rover successfully descended from the landing platform and began exploring Mars. This was announced on Saturday by the Chinese National Space Administration.

The Government of the Russian Federation notes the need to improve the effectiveness of the implementation of a number of state programs. "Pay attention to the low degree of effectiveness of the implementation of the state program of the Russian Federation "Space activities of Russia", - said in a statement posted on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers on Saturday.

Sergey Kud-Sverchkov also reported on how experiments on the study of ENT organs were conducted

Spirulina algae can be used as a biological element to restore the atmosphere, it was experimentally grown during an expedition to space, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov said on Saturday at the New Knowledge marathon.

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.

[b]Executive Director of the Corporation for Advanced Programs and Science Alexander Bloshenko said that the tug will fly on ion engines, and not on chemical fuel.]

The executive director of Roscosmos for advanced programs and Science, Alexander Bloshenko, suggested at the forum "New Knowledge" that future orbital stations will be built on the same principle as the transport and energy module "Zeus" (nuclear tug).

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.

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.

[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 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.

Washington hopes to expand the number of participants in the agreement on the norms of behavior in space and on the development of the Moon, said the head of NASA Bill Nelson.]

The United States authorities will continue to promote the agreements proposed by the previous administration on standards of conduct in space and on the exploration of the Moon, called the "Artemis Agreements", and hope to expand the number of their participants.

According to the head of the US space agency Bill Nelson, Beijing intends to land a man on the moon soon

China is an extremely energetic rival for the United States in the field of space exploration, including the Moon and Mars, and Washington should step up its efforts to keep up in this race.

The helicopter will move 150 meters in a south-easterly direction and take several pictures of a section of the planet's surface

The Mars-based Ingenuity helicopter will make its sixth flight over the planet's surface next week and move to a new location. This is reported on the website of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

The number of the company's satellites in near-Earth space will reach 218, the Arianespace corporation reported.]

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket with 36 British OneWeb communications satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome is scheduled for May 27. This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the French corporation Arianespace.

The spacecraft, together with two other satellites in orbit, will form a network for high-precision monitoring of the marine environment

The Chinese launch vehicle "Changzheng-4-Bi" (Long March-4B, CZ-4B) successfully put the Haiyang-2D satellite into the specified orbit on Wednesday. This was reported by China Central Television.