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The aerospace agencies of Germany and Japan (DLR and JAXA) agreed in 2024 to send a joint mission to the asteroid Phaethon DESTINY+, the main task of which will be to study space dust — both along the flight path and in the vicinity of the destination, the DLR said. The device is designed to help scientists answer the question: whether cosmic dust particles can serve as carriers of organic molecules and what role they could play in the origin of life on Earth, as well as what part of this dust is of galactic origin.

Engineers have developed an underwater navigation beacon that does not require power supply. It is based on a transponder that responds to sonar signals, and at the same time is powered by the energy of its sound waves.

The organization "Spaceport Japan" (Spaceport Japan) presented the concept of the future grandiose multifunctional center for space tourism. A structure the size of a small city is planned to be placed in Tokyo Bay. The idea is extremely ambitious – by 2050, the turnover in this industry will be more than a trillion dollars, and the Japanese intend to dominate it.

The floating spaceport "Sea launch", owned by the S7 group, may in the future be of interest to the Ministry of defense for launching military satellites, believes Alexander Ivanov, a member of the Board of the Military-industrial Commission of Russia, who oversees the rocket and space industry.

At the end of December, the Russian Soyuz-ST-A rocket will deliver the CSO-2 military satellite to orbit from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana for the benefit of France, a NATO member. This is reported by RIA Novosti, citing a source in the rocket and space industry.

By 2030, Roscosmos will launch about 600 satellites of the Sphere system, which is "analogous" to the Western projects Starlink and OneWeb, the official magazine of the Russian space Corporation promises.