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NASA has launched a new project called the "Deep Space Food Challenge," which aims to gather ideas and technologies to address the food security of astronauts on future space missions. This is a social and scientific project that everyone can take part in. Twenty teams with the best results will receive prizes of $25,000 and an offer of cooperation.

Experts evaluated the chances of success of the NASA spacecraft mission

The Mars rover Perseverance, which successfully landed on the surface of the Earth's neighbor yesterday, should make the first controlled drone flight on another planet, find traces of life there, water on the surface and under it, and take panoramic pictures.

[b]According to the Lavochkin NGO, the spacecraft will be launched into a highly elliptical orbit by the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle and the Fregat upper stage.]

The launch of the Arktika-M satellite from the Baikonur cosmodrome is scheduled for February 28. This was announced by the Deputy General Designer of the Lavochkin NPO for general design Ivan Moskatinyev in an interview with the TV channel "Russia-24".

The carrier rocket "Angara-A5" in the course of December, starting on the accuracy settings of removing cargo and load capacity exceeded the requirements specified defense Ministry, said in an interview with RIA Novosti the General designer of the design Bureau "salute" (included in the Center Khrunichev, the developer of "Angara") Sergey Kuznetsov.

The rarefied atmosphere of Mars is one of the main challenges that the Ingenuity helicopter will face as part of the Perseverance rover mission. This was told to Izvestia by space expert, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics (RAK) Andrey Ionin on Thursday, February 18.

The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have the technical capabilities and specialists capable of "thinning out the orbits" of Western satellites, RIA Novosti writes.

Moscow is concerned about the prospect of an echelon of the US missile defense system in space. The implementation of Washington's plans will destabilize the existing system of international security, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov is sure. The diplomat stressed that if this idea is successful, the Americans will be able to strike directly from orbit at the positional areas of intercontinental ballistic missiles. Without waiting for them to start.

The American company ABL Space Systems has signed a contract for the first launch of the RS1 launch vehicle. It may be held in the spring of this year.

The Atlas V launch vehicle with the rover launched in July 2020 from the Cape Canaveral space center

Specialists of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) believe that all the systems of the Perseverance spacecraft approaching Mars ("Perseverance") are working normally, the rover is ready for the landing scheduled for February 18. This was stated on Tuesday by Deputy project manager Jennifer Trosper at a press conference, which is broadcast on the agency's website.

The State Rocket Center named after him. Makeeva, the developer of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile and the Sineva submarine - launched ballistic missile, has registered with Rospatent the appearance of a line of super-heavy carriers for launches to the Moon and Mars.

Private space company Nanoracks has signed an agreement with investors from the UAE to build orbital greenhouses for growing edible plants. According to Nanoracks director Jeffrey Manber, plants that can survive in space will solve the problem of food shortage here on Earth. A considerable number of experiments in this area speak in favor of this hypothesis.

They solve the problems of obtaining and issuing data on missile launches and missile trajectories for warning about a strike at points of state and military control

All existing radar stations (radars) of the "Dnepr", "Daryal" and "Volga" types will be replaced with new radars of the "Voronezh"type. This was announced by the head of the Main Center for Warning about a Rocket Attack of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces, Colonel Andrey Revenok.

There was an order of the Russian government, in which Roscosmos was instructed to sign a memorandum with the People's Republic of China on the creation of a lunar station. Earlier it became known that Russia was excluded from the expert group discussing the creation of the Gateway station.

The active life of the devices will be 8 years

The company "Barl" has started the production of ground infrastructure for the space group "Arctic-KN". This was announced by the general designer of JSC "NPK "Barl" Valery Labutin.

The Progress MS-16 spacecraft successfully entered orbit. According to the plan, the flight to the ISS will take two days, according to the Izvestia TV channel. The ship will deliver almost 2.7 tons of cargo to the station, including drinking water, equipment, fuel and clothing. The crew will receive instruments for a detailed study of the air leak. At the end of the mission, Progress will detach along with the Pirs module, which was used for spacewalks. In the summer, the compartment will be replaced by the latest module "Science".

According to Sergey Saprykin, the missile attack warning system is able to track missile launches from anywhere in the world, including from areas of combat patrol of nuclear submarines.

Russian and Cuban scientists are considering the possibility of restoring the Havana Radio Astronomy Station. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

The ship will deliver 600 kg of refueling fuel, 420 liters of drinking water and about 1.4 tons of various equipment and materials to the ISS.]

The preparation of the TsNIIMash Mission Control Center near Moscow (part of Roscosmos) for the launch of the Progress MS-16 cargo ship into orbit has been completed. This is stated in the message of the state corporation, distributed on Sunday.

Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov spoke about his flight to the International Space Station( ISS), which in October 2021 may begin testing a new material made of composite polymers to protect astronauts from radiation. On this topic, he spoke on the air of the program "Big Space", published on February 13 on the YouTube channel "Roscosmos TV".

According to the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure (CENKI), the launch of the new carrier will cost about 50-55 million dollars. Thus, in theory, the rocket will be competitive in the world market.