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NASA's new Orion capsule returned from lunar orbit on Sunday, December 11, 2022, landing in the Pacific Ocean, near Mexico, and thereby completing a test flight. This mission was supposed to pave the way, so to speak, for astronauts during the next flyby of the moon.

In addition, he told what needs to be done to quickly saturate the Russian army involved in its military with innovative military developments, and revealed plans for cooperation with Dmitry Rogozin's "Royal Wolves".

Fifty years ago, on December 11, 1972, humanity set foot on the lunar surface for the last time — it was the Apollo 17 mission. By coincidence, it was on this date, but already half a century later, that the newest American spacecraft for traveling to the Moon returned from its first full-fledged flight.

The Times: The US no longer insists that the APU does not attack the territory of Russia

The United States no longer insists that the Ukrainian military does not strike at Russian territory, because they are less afraid of escalation from Moscow, writes The Times. The newspaper claims that now Washington only asks not to attack the Russian civilian population and not to kill specific individuals. Now the United States is more likely to supply Ukraine with longer-range weapons, according to a newspaper source in the Pentagon.

NATO is increasingly talking about the risk of a direct clash with Russia, but they hope to avoid it. Western media, citing sources in the Pentagon, report that the United States has already abandoned calls for Kiev not to strike at Russia. What does the West want to achieve with ultimatum statements addressed to Moscow?

The Ukrainian private space company Promin Aerospace, despite the difficult situation in the country, continues to work on a rocket of the original design. The first test launch is scheduled for the first half of 2023. In a recent interview, the founder of the startup said that even if the prototype could not be sent to fly at home, the timing should not change much.

Engineer Paul L. Smith from the University of Bristol proposed to create an extraterrestrial nature reserve on Mars (English extraterrestrial nature reserve, ETNR), which can serve as a psychological refuge and a botanical garden. A number of problems that specialists will have to face are described in an article published in the International Journal of Astrobiology. This is reported in a press release on Phys.org .

Monitoring the situation in near—Earth space and notifying satellite operators about the approach of their vehicles with garbage or other objects is certainly a useful and noble thing. It is also very popular today, so more and more players in the market are engaged in it. But experts warn: in addition to the obvious benefits, the abundance of new warning systems about dangerous approaches of satellites carries a whole host of unique problems.

Keji zhibao: the world's first space elevator to Mars will be launched in 2035

Astronauts presented a project that will allow people to move easily and quickly in space, writes "Keji Zhibao". It's about the elevator. Adapted to the new conditions, it will take passengers to the moon and to Mars. Colonization of space will soon become not a dream, but a reality.

Although the American space intelligence gives Russia serious trouble

The fighting in Ukraine highlights the trends in the development of modern combat systems, which appeared even before it began. But now these hostilities significantly affect these trends.

Commercial satellites that help Ukraine fight can become "a legitimate target for retaliatory defeat," the Russian Foreign Ministry says. How did it happen that purely civilian vehicles began to be used for military purposes, what would happen if Russia really starts destroying them, and what could be the technological response of the Russian military to this challenge?

In the struggle between America and China for space, Australia will become a "pot of gold". And although Beijing is developing its space technologies very quickly, striving to "catch up and overtake" the Americans, the United States also has a strong trump card against it.

The Pentagon may start supplying Ukraine with cheap and non-burdening US military arsenals in the spring. We are talking about aerial bombs that can be launched from the ground using rocket engines from the same HIMARS installations. Their range is 150 kilometers. What do these Pentagon statements mean and how dangerous are the bombs promised to Kiev?

Mikhail Kotov — how the ESA decision reflected the trend of the times and the modern approach in the space sphere

Last week, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced the names of 17 new astronauts. This time, the Europeans provided gender diversity almost on an equal footing: a little more than half were men, a little less were women. At the same time, for the first time in history, a person with disabilities, Paralympian John McFall, is included in the list of potential professional visitors to space from Earth.

The Bremen startup company Polaris Space Flugzeugs reported that on November 8, 2022, the first flight of the Athena space aircraft demonstrator was successfully completed from the Peenemunde airfield. According to the company, "Athena" was developed under a contract signed with the German Armed Forces in March 2022. This is the third large-scale space aircraft demonstrator built and launched by Polaris, and the first aircraft manufactured on behalf of a specific customer.

Reuters: Boeing has offered to supply Kiev with ammunition for strikes against Russia

Boeing has offered the United States to supply Ukraine with high-precision ammunition for GLSDB ground-based missile systems, which will allow Kiev to strike "far behind Russia's lines," Reuters writes.

The center is located on the territory of the star city in the city of Wenchang (northeast of the island), not far from the cosmodrome of the same name - the southernmost site of the PRC for sending spacecraft into orbit

The South Chinese province of Hainan this week launched a center for the study and use of satellite data, which will serve the needs of the BRICS countries. This was reported by the newspaper " Hainan Zhibao ".

The head of the agency, Josef Aschbacher, called it a "great success"

The Council of Ministers of the European Space Agency (ESA) has agreed to allocate €16.9 billion for the development of the European space program in the next three years. This was announced on Wednesday at a press conference in Paris by the head of ESA, Josef Aschbacher.

The Wenchang International Aerospace Forum was organized in parallel

The authorities of Hainan province held a Chinese cosmonautics conference this week, which was attended by leading experts from China. This was reported by the newspaper "Hainan Zhibao".

Former NATO Secretary General Rasmussen: the Ukrainian conflict reminded of the importance of security in space

The Ukrainian conflict is the first major clash in which the parties largely depend on the means deployed in orbit, writes former NATO Secretary General Rasmussen in an article for FT. He calls for the development of rules for managing human actions in space.