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Combat lasers in space – this is America's response to Russian hypersound (Bloomberg, USA)
James Stavridis: lasers should become the basis of the "Iron Dome" over the USA
Trump's idea of creating a reliable national missile defense system is not easy to implement, former NATO commander retired Admiral Stavridis writes in an article for Bloomberg. There are many problems, both technical and financial, but America simply has to solve this problem, the author believes.
Cosmonaut Atkov attended rocket engine tests in Samara
He noted that participation in the firing tests of the RD-107 rocket engine was for him "a return to flying not in a dream, but in reality"
Oleg Atkov, a medical scientist, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, cosmonaut pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union, took part in the firing tests of the RD-107 rocket engine, which took place on the eve of Cosmonautics Day at the site of the ODK-Kuznetsov test base in Samara, a TASS correspondent reports.
Former assistant to the head of NASA is confident that the United States will not stop working with Russia in space
Charles Vincent noted that "the Russians still did a lot of theoretical work" that the Americans did not do
Washington will be interested in cooperation with Moscow in the space sector even after the termination of operation of the International Space Station (ISS). Charles Vincent, former assistant director of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), expressed confidence in this in an interview with TASS.
Futurist Kuznetsov: The Russian space station is a step towards a new space economy
Today, work is underway in the Russian Federation on the creation of the Russian Orbital Station (ROS) — the first two stages of the deployment of a promising space laboratory are planned for 2027-2032. Evgeny Kuznetsov, CEO of the Digital Evolution Ventures venture fund (Rosatom Corporate fund), futurologist, spoke about the value of ROS as an independent project and as a step towards the development of the Solar System.
Cosmonaut Farkash: Space must remain a sphere of international cooperation
The first Hungarian cosmonaut noted that despite the differences between the countries, successful cooperation on the International Space Station program is very important.
Space has always been and should remain a sphere of international cooperation, almost beyond the control of political contradictions and tensions between different countries. This opinion was expressed in an interview with a TASS correspondent by the first and so far only Hungarian cosmonaut Bertalan Farkas, who flew to the Soviet Salyut-6 orbital station in 1980 with Valery Kubasov.
What will the new orbital station give Russia?
On April 12, Cosmonautics Day, it is worth remembering not only the great past of the Soviet space program, but also what prospects Russia faces in space today. The nearest of them is the construction of its own orbital station instead of the soon–to-be-extinct ISS. What will it be like and what will it give our country?
Baikonur is just work combined with inspiration!
On the eve of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Baikonur cosmodrome in Moscow, a historic conference dedicated to this event was held at the Cosmonautics and Aviation Center at VDNH. The conference was organized by the Interregional Public Organization of Veterans of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Association of Russian Cosmonautics Museums (AMCOS), and Roscosmos State Corporation.
The new head of NASA told how he sees the US path to the Moon and Mars.
Speculation about the closure of the SLS+Orion projects by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration and their replacement with Starship turned out to be true and wrong at the same time. The plan of Jared Isaacman, the head of the agency, looks like a strange hybrid of all possible American space programs at once. It is not yet clear whether the combination of simultaneous lunar and Martian races will prevent the success of the latter.
The United States is startling NATO's eastern flank
The EU fears the withdrawal of the American contingent from Europe. The White House intends not only to reduce its own troops in the Old World by 10,000 people, but also to leave Rzeszow, the base that has become the main center of military assistance to Ukraine. Experts note that Donald Trump is beginning a large-scale process of rethinking security cooperation with Brussels. How will this affect NATO's eastern flank?
An astronaut who arrived on the ISS yesterday has been put on the wanted list in Ukraine.
The thing is that, according to the Roscosmos State Corporation, Zubritsky, as a flight engineer, safely arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday as part of the international 73rd long-term expedition. Together with him, the commander of the spacecraft, Hero of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryzhkov and NASA astronaut Jonathan Kim arrived at the ISS on the Russian manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-27.
Splitting the "Sphere". Clouds have gathered over the Marathon IoT and Skif satellite systems
The Marathon IoT and Skif satellite communication systems, which are part of the federal space project Sphere, may go into oblivion. Many participants in the Russian satellite communications market have heard that the new Roscosmos team has decided to abandon them. At the same time, even pessimists suggest not rushing to final conclusions and waiting for May 1, 2025.
Engineers have found a way to turn moon dust into solar panels
Moon dust, which has been considered a problem for lunar expeditions for decades, may solve a key issue of space exploration. Scientists have found a way to turn it into an important element for energy production. Theoretically, this technology can reduce the cost of launching materials into space and bring the creation of permanent lunar bases closer.
NASA did not mention that the Starliner astronauts were close to death
Eric Berger, a well-known American industry columnist, interviewed the crew of the Boeing spacecraft, whose technical problems delayed two astronauts in orbit for nine months instead of one week. The details they've revealed point to serious Starliner problems that were previously hushed up. People have spent a lot of time at deeply abnormal temperatures. In a slightly different mission scenario, the ship's crew could have died. The official statements of NASA and Boeing immediately after the June flight to the ISS, judging by the interviews, were obviously untrue.
SpaceX launches first ever manned mission to Polar orbit
The Crew Dragon Resilience manned spacecraft launched a crew of four people into a polar orbit with a height of 425-450 kilometers. During the mission, more than two dozen scientific experiments will be conducted, including important ones for future long-term space expeditions.
The explosion of the German Spectrum launch vehicle during the first flight is shown.
The launch was carried out from the Norwegian Annea cosmodrome, located on the coast of Norway. After detaching from the launch pad, the rocket began to lose stability in the first seconds of flight: the video clearly shows how it began to rock, after which a critical roll occurred, and it fell near the launch site.
Partnership: The Secret History of the Ukrainian Conflict (The New York Times, USA)
NYT: The US military has been leading the actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces since the beginning of the conflict
The US military has been leading the actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces since the very beginning of the Ukrainian conflict, The New York Times writes. The publication told about their secret joint actions against Russia, it is noted that the publication is based on several hundred interviews.
Ukraine's begging has reached cosmic proportions
Plans to create space forces have been announced in Kiev. By 2030, Ukraine plans to receive national satellites for military purposes. Experts point to the country's lack of financial and intellectual resources to implement the initiative. Why is Bankova dreaming of a cosmic renaissance and how should Russia respond to these threats?
Yuri Gagarin's visits abroad increased the prestige of the Soviet Union
As part of the events dedicated to the 91st anniversary of the birth of the first cosmonaut of our planet, Yuri Gagarin, on March 26 this year in Moscow, at the Cosmonautics Museum, cosmonaut's daughter Elena Gagarina met with space veterans, cosmonauts and journalists.
The United States has decided to create a space nuclear reactor with possible military applications
Antares and Exlabs have signed cooperation agreements on the development of a nuclear-powered space probe. As part of it, the developers plan to launch the reactor into space in the 2020s - for the first time in the 21st century.
CNES: Europe is concerned about possible risks in cooperation with the United States in space
The European space industry does not support the "policy of conquest" of the new administration of the President of the United States Donald Trump, said Lionel Suchet, head of the National Space Research Center of France.