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Earlier, the state corporation reported that cosmonaut Sergei Korsakov was removed from the main crew of the Soyuz MS-18 manned spacecraft, and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hai was appointed instead.

France conducts first military exercises in space

The French military is conducting exercises to test the capabilities of its space command in dealing with threats to its satellites. Near-Earth space has become the" real national security problem " of the Fifth Republic. The exercise is part of France's strategy to become the world's third-largest space power.

The US Space Force, together with the Air Force Research Laboratory, launched a weather rocket, the Terrier-Terrier-Oriole, on March 3, 2021, with experimental equipment for studying the Earth's ionosphere. This, according to SpaceNews, was stated by the head of the project for the study of the ionosphere at the US Air Force Research Laboratory, Todd Peterson.

The cost of delivering 1 kg of cargo from commercial companies to the ISS has increased from $3 thousand to $20 thousand.

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has almost sevenfold raised the price of commercial services for the delivery of cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) and their return to Earth. This was announced on Thursday by the Internet portal SpaceNews.

In particular, the launch of the Russian-European ExoMars mission and the completion of the construction of the National Space Center are expected next year

About 10 launches of the British OneWeb communication satellites on Soyuz rockets, the launch of the multifunctional laboratory module "Science", the resumption of the lunar program and other launches are planned this year. This was announced on Saturday by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

Roscosmos plans to conduct ten launches with spacecraft of the British company OneWeb in 2021, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin said.

The creation of the Liana naval reconnaissance and target designation system in orbit is nearing completion.

Unique satellites will be able to detect enemy ships from thousands of kilometers away in any corner of the World Ocean and accurately aim at them with winged "Calibers", as well as hypersonic "Daggers" and "Zircons". 

According to Chinese cosmonaut Yang Liwei, they will mainly be involved in the construction of the Chinese space station.]

China intends to send 12 people to space in the next two years. According to Yang Liwei, the deputy head of the Chinese Manned Space Flight Program and the first Chinese cosmonaut, they will mainly be involved in the construction of the Chinese space station.

One of the key factors in the development of the Starlink project from SpaceX is a grant from the US Federal Communications Commission, which allocated $885.51 million for this. In return, Elon Musk pledged to provide Internet access to 642,925 homes and businesses in remote corners of 35 states of America. Competitors in the face of other providers challenged this decision, arguing that Starlink will not be able to provide the required minimum speed of 100 Mbit/s. Technically, so far it is, but the other day Elon Musk made a revolutionary statement.

The development and introduction of three-dimensional printing is called the industrial revolution. Printed parts are lighter and stronger, raw materials are used without waste, there is no need to modify the finished products with a"file". Additive technologies are used for the manufacture of elements of turbojet and helicopter engines, combustion chambers. The state, prospects and development of additive technologies were discussed at an open table organized by the D. I. Mendeleev Russian State Technical University.

Scientists hope to understand how this supernova was so far from the disk of our Galaxy

TASS, March 3. The Spektr-RG orbiting observatory has discovered the largest known supernova remains in the constellation Hydra, which is located far beyond the boundaries of the Milky Way disk. The article describing the study was accepted for publication by the scientific journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

Experts will begin construction of the first hotel in space in 2025. This is stated in the publication of the Daily Mail on March 1. It is specified that the hotel will be designed for 400 people.

JSC "Russian Space Systems" (RKS, part of the State Corporation "ROSCOSMOS") has completed the formation of the ground infrastructure of a high – precision complex of wide-band functional additions to global navigation satellite systems based on the development of the differential correction and monitoring system (SDCM) - a network of 53 unified measurement collection stations (USSI) has been created.

According to the company, the Neutron rocket will be able to lift all the satellites into orbit, the launch of which is planned until 2029

The American company Rocket Lab announced its intention to create a two-stage reusable rocket Neutron, which will be able to deliver about 8 tons of cargo to low-Earth orbit. This is stated in a press release published on the company's website on Monday.

According to the head of the Brazilian Space Agency, Carlus Moura, nine companies, four of which are Brazilian, are interested in launching from the Alcantara space center.

The Council of Chief Designers approved the schedule for the creation of the Soyuz-5 space rocket complex. This was announced on March 1 by the press service of the state corporation "Roscosmos".

The payload capacity of the device will be about 100 tons, the Global Times newspaper notes

The Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) plans to create a super-heavy launch vehicle for a manned mission to the moon in approximately 2030. This was reported on Monday by the Global Times newspaper.

US Naval Research Laboratory (US NRL) scientists led by Paul Jaffe have successfully tested a prototype solar panel that is theoretically capable of relaying "solar" electricity from space to anywhere on Earth.

A big surprise for many – the Mars rover Perseverance, the most advanced rover created by mankind to date – is weaker (in terms of computing power) than most smartphones. At the core of Perseverance is an old chipset that gives it computing capabilities at the level of the 1998 iMac. Specifically – it has only 256 MB of RAM and 2 GB of permanent memory, and the frequency of its processor is only 200 MHz.

The first Russian satellite "Arktika-M" for monitoring the climate and environment in the Arctic region is planned to be launched by a Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome on Sunday, February 28.