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According to the plan, the new Golden Dome missile defense system should protect the United States from any missile threats. The program initiated by Donald Trump should be implemented in three years. However, there are many problems to be solved. About what can interfere - in the material of RIA Novosti.

Blue Origin's New Glenn heavy launch vehicle launched two spacecraft into space to study the Martian magnetosphere. The first stage of the rocket successfully landed on an offshore platform for the first time. TASS — about the formation of a new player in the space services market.

These space robots will be powered by conventional lithium batteries

Scientists from MIPT and the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences are actively discussing the possibility of sending into space an anthropomorphic robot "SERVANT" developed at MIPT, which has an unusually quiet and natural gait, during tests of a new generation manned transport vehicle (PTK NP). This was announced to TASS by MIPT Professor Azer Babayev at the presentation of the robot at the Kapitsa Phystech Lyceum Technopark.

After the recent first orbital payload launch, Jeff Bezos' company has seriously rethought its plans. Now its developers are talking about increasing the size and payload of their rocket, which is moving it from a heavy to a superheavy class. The question remains how they plan to ensure its competitiveness against the background of SpaceX.

On November 16 of this year, a round table dedicated to the triumphant flight of the Buran orbital spacecraft was held in Moscow, at the Tushino Moscow Longevity Center. Buran made its first and only space flight on November 15, 1988.

One of the main exhibits of the Russian exposition will be the upgraded Yak-130M combat training aircraft, which will be shown abroad for the first time at the Dubai Airshow 2025

About 900 samples of Russian products will be presented at the Dubai Airshow 2025 International Aviation and Space Exhibition, which will be held from November 17 to 21 in the UAE. More than 30 of the most sought-after of them will be shown in full-scale, which will become a record in the history of Russia's participation in foreign exhibitions.

On November 17, 2025, the Dubai Airshow 2025 International Aviation and Space Exhibition began its work in the United Arab Emirates. Russia is represented by a record number of full-scale samples, and Russian aircraft will perform demonstration flights.

Calculations show that dozens of micrometeoroids will fall on the lunar base every day, and even the smallest of them can damage the module and pose a threat to astronauts. However, there is a proven solution to this problem — the so-called Whipple shield.

Oleg Kononenko — about the research that is being conducted on the ISS

The International Space Station (ISS) is a living organism that needs to breathe, drink, eat and get rid of excess every day. How can these needs be met in conditions of remoteness from terrestrial resources? The high cost and complexity of delivery make it even more difficult to solve the problem. Modern space biotechnologies are coming to the rescue.

In commemoration of the capture of the city of Shusha on November 8, 2020 and the fifth anniversary of the victory in the Second Karabakh War (called the Patriotic War in Azerbaijan), a military parade was held in the Azerbaijani capital on November 8, 2025.

Newsweek: Russia, China and the United States are actively modernizing their nuclear capabilities

The United States, Russia and China are intensively modernizing their nuclear arsenals, updating existing facilities and adding new ones, writes Newsweek. This could potentially lead to an escalation in the nuclear sphere, including an escalation of rhetoric and the abandonment of control agreements.