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The weight of the fairing was reduced by almost two tons, Rostec reported

The weight of the head fairing of the upgraded Proton-M launch vehicle decreased by almost two tons due to the use of innovative developments of the Romashin ONPP Technologiya (part of the Rostec State Corporation). This was told to TASS in the press service of Rostec.

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin on Twitter congratulated China on the first successful soft landing on Mars in the history of this country.

Earlier, a TASS source reported that the transition from automatic to manual docking of the Progress MS-16 was required due to a damaged antenna installed on the cargo ship

The commission, which is investigating the reason for the transition of the docking of the Progress MS-16 cargo ship with the ISS from automatic to manual mode in February 2021, will continue to work. This was told to journalists on Friday by the General director of the Rocket and Space Center (RCC) "Progress" Dmitry Baranov.

Japanese billionaire entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) on the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft in December 2021. This was announced on Thursday, May 13, by the company Space Adventures.

The Russian space nuclear tug "Zeus" with a megawatt power propulsion system can be used in the country's air defense system to track aircraft and target weapons, according to the materials of the Research Center. Keldysh (part of Roscosmos), available to RIA Novosti.

NASA reported that the malfunction does not pose a threat to the life of the crew

The Water Processor Assembly (WPA) system installed on the American residential module of the International Space Station (ISS) Tranquility was disconnected from the power supply due to a possible leak. This was announced on Wednesday on its website by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

The space nuclear tug "Zeus" with a megawatt-class power plant can be used in the Russian air defense system (air defense), RIA Novosti reports, citing materials from the Keldysh Research Center.

The innovative foam plastic "Akrimid" is used in the production of space, aviation and land equipment, the state corporation specified

Innovative foam plastic "Akrimid", used in the production of space, aviation and land equipment, began to be mass-produced in Russia. It replaced imported materials, the press service of the state corporation Rostec told TASS.

It was created on the basis of the European Agency for the Satellite Navigation System Galileo

The European Union's Space Program Agency (EUSPA) has been operating in Prague since Wednesday. It was created on the basis of the European Satellite Navigation System Agency Galileo, whose head office was located in the Czech capital since 2012 and was transformed into the headquarters of EUSPA. This was reported by Czech Television.

Tokyo wants to get a launch vehicle with a returnable stage by 2030. It may be similar to the famous Falcon 9 from SpaceX.

Its launch is scheduled for July 15

The multifunctional laboratory module Nauka, which is scheduled to launch to the ISS in the summer of 2021, has successfully passed vacuum tests. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Wednesday.

Roscosmos plans to launch 16 launch vehicles from the Baikonur and Vostochny cosmodromes by July 2022. This was reported on Wednesday, May 12, "RIA Novosti", referring to the data of the public procurement website.

The station will be "raised" to 350 meters to create the necessary ballistic conditions for the next manned launch

The next correction of the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) in preparation for the launch of the Soyuz MS-19 transport manned spacecraft will take place on May 20. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Wednesday.

Voyager 1 detected plasma waves — the hum of interstellar gas. The NASA space probe is now 22.5 billion km from Earth, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The new data will help estimate the plasma density between the stars. Scientists analyze the impact of the solar wind on space. The Voyager-1 probe has been transmitting information from space for 44 years. About 9 years ago, the spacecraft crossed the heliopause — the outer boundary of the distribution of matter in the Solar System. The data is expected to stop coming in around 2025.

The Teledroid robot can be placed not on the ISS, but on a promising Russian orbital station

The first prototype of the scientific equipment of the robot project "Teledroid", designed to work in outer space, will appear in February 2022. This is stated in the message of the NGO "Android Technology", distributed on Tuesday.

The American interplanetary station OSIRIS-REx successfully turned on the engines for the subsequent exit from the orbit of the asteroid Bennu to return to Earth, the space operation was broadcast by NASA.

The spent stage of the Long March-5B launch vehicle entered the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean on May 9

The defense departments of the United States and China did not contact the situation with the fall of the wreckage of the Chinese launch vehicle Long March-5B ("Changzheng-5B", CZ-5B) to the Ground. This was announced on Monday by the press secretary of the US Defense Department, John Kirby.

The Chinese government has paid close attention to the situation with the fall of debris from the spent stage of China's largest rocket, the Changzheng 5B, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Monday.

Bill Nelson also said that all space powers should minimize the risks to people and property on Earth from re-entry of space objects and ensure the transparency of these operations.

The International Charter on Space and Major Disasters has been activated in order to monitor floods in the Irkutsk Region, Roscosmos reported.