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such disorders can lead to malfunctions in the liver or heart

TASS, November 25. Observations of twin astronauts Scott and mark Kelly and dozens of other ISS crew members have shown that after a long life in space, a person may begin to have problems with the operation of mitochondria - the main power stations of the cell. The article with the results of the work was published by the scientific journal Cell.

SpaceX made a record seventh launch of the same first stage of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle. After launch, It returned to the Autonomous marine platform Of Course I Still Love You.

the US prepared to impose sanctions against the Russian defense Ministry

The Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation, institutes of the state Corporation Rosatom, two Roscosmos enterprises and a number of other organizations may fall under US sanctions, media reports with reference to the draft version of the corresponding draft "black list". Washington has already imposed sanctions against Russia twice this month.

The first Russian mission "Luna-25" to a natural satellite of the Earth "would have looked good at the beginning of 2000", and now the Chinese Chang'e 4 is less ambitious, Jonathan McDowell, a researcher at the Harvard-Smithsonian center for astrophysics (USA), told RIA Novosti.

the History of work on projects of various reusable aerospace systems goes back more than a dozen years. In April 1981, the first flight into orbit of the American Space Shuttle took place, and a little later the winged Buran flew into space.

The Soyuz rocket, which was previously found to have an accident-threatening malfunction, will be taken to the launch pad of the Kourou cosmodrome on Wednesday, Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin said.

The Chinese government considers the moon and outer space to be the universal heritage of mankind and supports their peaceful development, said the Deputy head Of the center for lunar research and space engineering of the Chinese national space administration.

the Deputy Head Of the center for lunar research and space engineering of the Chinese national space administration said that the Chinese authorities ' spending on space will increase

Chinese authorities and government experts are discussing the possibility of sending astronauts to the moon in the near future and choosing the right moment "in accordance with scientific tasks and taking into account economic factors."

at the same time, the Director General of Roscosmos noted a sharp drop in the responsibility and quality of suppliers ' work [/b]

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin confirmed the discovery of a defective valve in the Soyuz rocket at the Kourou cosmodrome and the prevention of an accident during its launch.

state Corporation Funding reduces its own mistakes

When the state Duma begins approving the state budget, the question of reducing funding for domestic space exploration is constantly raised. Every year.

The state automated information system for emergency response in case of road accidents may become a platform for driving self-driving cars in the future. This was stated on Friday at the opening of the international Congress "ERA-GLONASS" by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov.

The media reported that one of the 13 new Chinese satellites launched on November 6 by the long March 6 rocket is the Tianyang-5 spacecraft. This is the brainchild of Chengdu Guoxing Aerospace Technology, based on the developments of a leading Chinese University in Chengdu. Tianyang-5 is designed to study the Earth, but it will also test the operation of a transmitter for the new 6G network, which does not yet exist in nature.

The first test launch of the Angara-A5 rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in six years has been postponed for a week, a source in the space industry told Interfax on Monday.

According to a source in the rocket and space industry, last week during tests in the installation and measurement complex, a leaky electro-pneumatic valve was detected, the part was already brought from Russia.

It was postponed for about 10 days, a source in the rocket and space industry told TASS

The launch of three Gonets-M communications satellites from the Plesetsk cosmodrome was postponed for about 10 days due to comments on the rocket. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.

the missile warning system on Duty detected about 30 ballistic missile launches during the same period

During the summer training period (June 1 - November 30), the main space situation intelligence center (RKO) issued a warning about dangerous approaches of various objects to Russian satellites 18 times. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of defense, distributed on Sunday.

For the first time since the concept of a solar-thermal rocket (jet) engine appeared, engineers created a working prototype of it. Despite the fact that this installation is only to confirm the concept, it proves the possibility of practical implementation of this idea.

The team of the Chinese mission "Chang'e-4" published new photos of the surface of the back side of the moon, obtained by the lunar Rover "Yutu-2", including a circular panorama and a three-dimensional image of the surrounding area. To date, the lunar Rover has traveled several hundred meters on the surface of The earth's satellite and worked for almost two years, although initially its service life was estimated at three months, according to the website Space.com.

in 2020, parachuting and paratroopers did a lot for the first time

Our airborne forces were the first in world history to perform a group high-altitude jump from 10 thousand meters from the Il-76 military transport aircraft at a flight speed of up to 350 km/h. The jump was made in the area of the Franz Josef Land archipelago on drifting ice. Another evidence of our country's active consolidation in the Arctic.

Most of the starts are held jointly with Russia

The crash of the European Vega launch vehicle on November 17 came as a surprise to space experts. Before that, the European space program had long been considered one of the most developed in the world. Many call the cause of the disaster the explosion of the Ukrainian RD-843 engine.