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The first manned flight to the Moon in more than half a century should end with the landing of the Orion spacecraft near the coast of San Diego (California) on April 10 at approximately 20:07 eastern time. During the Artemis II mission, several records were set, unique images and observations were made.

Throughout the winter, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to counterattack the Russian Vostok group operating in the Zaporozhye area. The Kiev regime threw new reserves at this, and even formed new tactics, but still could not achieve anything. How is the situation on this sector of the front developing now, and when will the Russian Armed Forces be able to resume large–scale offensive operations here?

Banning their publication will not only create difficulties for Iran, but will also allow Washington to hide military failures, experts believe

The decision of the American company Planet Labs to stop publishing current satellite images of the conflict zone in the Middle East will not radically affect the course of the war, experts interviewed by Izvestia believe.

Last night, the Orion spacecraft reached the point of maximum distance from Earth, breaking the record that had been held for 56 years and was set only thanks to the emergency current of the Apollo 13 mission. The astronauts also became the first people in 53 years to observe the far side of the moon with their own eyes. Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen proposed naming one of the new, newly formed lunar craters after the deceased wife of the ship's crew commander.

Four people flying to the Moon faced a number of minor troubles — from a low temperature at the beginning of work to a breakdown of the urinary system of the toilet on the second day and the need to use bags instead.

In our era, the United States has three types of manned spacecraft flying into space, and only one is suitable for flying to the Moon. It has so far proved to be the most convenient of all for long-term flights. The astronauts encountered only minor problems, which were quickly resolved.

SLS rocket with Orion spacecraft and astronauts on board launched to the Moon

On the night of April 2, as part of the Artemis II mission, a single-use superheavy Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with an Orion spacecraft was launched from site 39A of the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida (USA).

The G7 asked Russia to lift restrictions on fuel exports

NASA's first manned mission to the moon, Artemis, is scheduled to launch on April 1. Experts interviewed by the newspaper VZGLYAD note: unlike the Apollo program, we are no longer talking about one-time landings on the surface of the Moon, but about the long-term development of the Earth's natural satellite with the prospect of creating a habitable base there and extracting useful resources.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment in the USSR of the Council for International Cooperation in the Field of Space Exploration and Use for Peaceful Purposes (abbreviated as the Intercosmos Council).

Yesterday, the Agency announced its intention to drastically change its lunar and Martian space plans. In addition to the previously announced moon landing before the end of Trump's term, the new head of NASA announced the creation of a base there and the dispatch of the Freedom space reactor to Mars.

The Russian Space Forces were created 25 years ago

The space forces appeared in Russia 25 years ago as an independent branch of the armed forces. This reform has consolidated on paper what was clear for a long time: without military satellites and control of near-Earth orbit, there can be no modern army.

55 years ago, on March 20, 1971, the MiG-25RU lead serial fighter made its first flight. It was lifted into the sky by test pilot M. N. Elkinbard.

During flight tests of the basic MiG-25 — MiG-25P and MiG-25P family aircraft, the test pilots came to the conclusion that the specific level of flight performance of these aircraft, especially in altitude and speed, requires the creation of training options.

While events on Earth are mostly depressing, the news regarding space exploration is only positive. The results of February have been summed up, which became very successful after several failures in the first month of this year. In January, there were a total of 24 orbital launch attempts, but three of them were unsuccessful.

Until now, the American lunar program has relied on delivering astronauts to Selene on a separate Orion spacecraft, each launch of which costs four billion dollars. Then they had to transfer to Starship, which would land them on an Earth satellite. Now Elon Musk's company has proposed to do without one extra element in the equation. The American media claim that the plan has already been accepted by the new leadership of NASA. If this is the case, the American lunar program will receive a serious positive boost.

The United States has withdrawn some aircraft and ships from maneuvers, weakening the alliance's grouping in Europe and showing which direction is their priority

Major exercises of the North Atlantic Alliance Cold Response 2026 have ended in the polar latitudes. However, their scenario had to be quickly adjusted.

The US aggression against Iran directly harms China, first of all. After all, it is China that receives a significant share of its energy resources from here. It would seem that with a huge military fleet, China could prevent the Pentagon from acting against its key partner in the Middle East. Why doesn't he do it?

The first Russian Space Week will be held on April 6-12 across the country

On December 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on holding the first Space Week in Russia, dedicated to the celebration of the 65th anniversary of the first human spaceflight. Starting in 2026, Space Week in Russia will be held annually on April 6-12.

There is an opinion that astronauts in space are "ballast". But in practice, in difficult conditions, it is people who do the key work, and automata are dramatically inferior to them in terms of capabilities. Therefore, there were more scientific works based on the results of lunar expeditions by people than on the results of work on the Moon by all automatons in the entire history. Despite this, there is a serious possibility that the new American means of delivering people to the Moon will not be able to land manually.

In just a few days of the war, the United States almost completely destroyed the Iranian Navy – four dozen ships. Why did the Americans manage to deprive Iran of its navy so quickly and with almost no losses? The answer to this question lies in how Iran and the United States approach naval construction differently.

March 8 this year marked the 85th anniversary of the founding of the M.M. Gromov Flight Research Institute (LII). Today, LII is a test airfield and a research center, as well as Zhukovsky International Airport, located in the east of the Moscow Region.