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According to the head of Roscosmos, the years of the ISS are numbered

Russia and the United States are facing problems on the ISS, which arise from the aging of the structure. This was announced on Thursday in an interview with TASS on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2021), the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

At the same time, the head of Roscosmos did not name the exact price, referring to the commercial secret

The cost of a place in the Soyuz spacecraft for tourists is cheaper than on the Starliner and Crew Dragon ships. This was announced in an interview with TASS on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin.

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel-General Alexander Fomin spoke about the threats in the near future that the Russian military sees. According to him, the most serious security challenges and threats are caused by several recent trends in the world.

Russia is considering the possibility of creating a reusable super-heavy rocket that could be used for flights to the moon. Earlier it became known that the appearance of the carrier "Yenisei" will be revised.

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2021 answered a question from NTV presenter Aina Nikolaeva about the "correspondence controversy" with the head of SpaceX Elon Musk.

The Deputy Prime Minister noted that, therefore, today the country is mainly engaged in ensuring the life of the station

Russia has conducted almost the entire cycle of scientific experiments of interest to it on board the International Space Station. This was stated on Thursday by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov during an interview with RBC at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

[b]According to the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin, one heavy rocket will be delivered in June, a light one - in July, and the rest are planned to be delivered by the end of the year.]

Four Angara launch vehicles will be delivered by the end of the year, but not all are planned to be launched by January. This was announced on Thursday in an interview with TASS on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2021), the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said on Thursday, June 3, that the preliminary design of a promising Russian orbital service station (ROSS) will begin in Russia before the end of the summer.

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.