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According to the head of Roscosmos, it will be serviced by a new generation of spacecraft

The Russian Orbital Station (ROS) will be able to be "eternal" thanks to replaceable modules. This was stated on Monday by the head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, during a visit to the Cosmonaut Training Center, his words are quoted in the message of the state corporation.

The press service of Roscosmos publishes information on preparations for the launch into low-Earth orbit of the first satellite of the promising Sphere project. At the moment, the Fregat upper stage is being prepared, which will launch the first Sphere satellite into its orbit. A planned health check of the onboard equipment and equipment of the Frigate is underway.

Russia's program to create its own space station is already in operation

Roscosmos showed a mock-up of a new Russian orbital station during the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022". The station will provide a better view of the Earth from outer space than the current Russian part of the ISS.

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022" has completed its work. The reference material summarizing the results of the forum is published on the website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

"Russian Space Systems" will develop the latest technologies for drones and aviation

The development of new domestic unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with a take-off weight of up to 30 kg in partnership with the leaders of the Russian market of space instrumentation, avionics and ground-based aviation equipment is being launched by the Russian Space Systems Holding (RKS, part of the Roscosmos State Corporation).

Expert Zheleznyakov: the era of space for man began thanks to the Soviet rocket R-7

The world's first rocket that flew to an intercontinental range, the Soviet R-7, was used as a weapon for a short time, but it was thanks to it that the space age of mankind began, and upgraded versions of the R-7 are still flying into space, expert, cosmonautics historian Alexander Zheleznyakov told RIA Novosti.

According to the world-famous scientist, Russia's participation in international space projects will be limited to the International Space Station. And given the recently announced exit of Roscosmos from the ISS, further prospects are vague.

The spacecraft is located in interstellar space

TASS, August 20. The Voyager 2 probe, which received the first images of Saturn's rings and so far the only photos of Uranus and Neptune, celebrates today the 45th anniversary of its launch into space. He continues to study the turbulent boundary between the Solar System and the interstellar medium, the press service of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) reported on Saturday.

Artemyev and Matveev completed their spacewalk ahead of schedule and returned to the ISS

Problems with the spacesuit led to the fact that the extravehicular work of the Russian cosmonauts ended ahead of schedule. Oleg Artemyev was the first to return to the ISS, followed by Denis Matveev to the airlock compartment. About what happened in outer space - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru".

The global control of the situation is provided by specialized radio engineering, laser-optical and optoelectronic ground control systems

The updated space control system has entered combat duty in Russia. Sergey Boev, chief designer of the missile attack warning system, General Director of the Vimpel IAC, told TASS about this during the Army-2022 forum.

Why are new Voronezh missile attack warning stations being built in Russia

Two more Voronezh-type missile attack warning system (SPRN) radar stations will be put into operation in Russia, and two more will be built, the general designer of the SPRN Sergey Boev said at the Army-2022 forum. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok explains why the country needs them - and how the stations will close the gaps left after the collapse of the USSR.

An international team of researchers has developed a new way to produce oxygen on the Red Planet using gases from the local atmosphere and cold plasma. The technology can play a crucial role in the development of human life support systems, since it allows you to get a lot of oxygen for breathing, the production of rocket fuel, fertilizers and building materials with minimal equipment weight.

On August 16, the Head of the Main Department of Innovative Development of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Alexander Osadchuk, summed up the results of the first day of the work of the Army-2022 MVTF at a briefing for journalists.

With the planning of long-term missions to the Moon and Mars, humanity is increasingly faced with the question of providing astronauts with oxygen for breathing. Currently, keeping people breathing on board space stations is a complex and expensive process, so more advanced technologies will be required for future travel in the cosmic abyss.

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022" opens on August 15 and will last until Sunday at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center, where about 1.5 enterprises of the defense industrial complex (MIC) of Russia will present more than 1,000 new models of military equipment. The Russian Defense Ministry plans to conclude contracts worth more than 522 billion rubles at the forum.

The X Moscow Conference on International Security and the First International Anti-Fascist Congress will also be held simultaneously with the forum

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, August 15, will take part in the opening ceremony of the international military-technical forum "Army-2022" and the Army International Games - 2022. This year, the X Moscow Conference on International Security and the first International Anti-Fascist Congress will also be held simultaneously with the forum.

At the exhibition, it will be possible to see unmanned armored vehicles, the latest ammunition and trophies of the special operation in Ukraine

Kubinka, near Moscow, will host Russia's main international exhibition in the military-technical sphere, the Army—2022 forum, from August 15 to 21. According to the head of the Russian Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu, this year it is planned to participate about one and a half thousand enterprises and organizations from Russia and abroad.

The Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle launched yesterday delivered a number of satellites to the calculated orbit, including CUBESX-HSE-2 vehicles, as well as SXC3-214 MIET-AIS, which received engines based on the plasma of the new VERA development and created in Russia by MEPhI engineers.

Mikhail Kotov — about what went from Baikonur together with the Khayyam satellite

The Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage launched on Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. It launched the Khayyam satellite, built in Russia by order of Iran, and 16 small spacecraft into the orbit of our planet. The latter are micro- and nanosatellites created by leading universities, commercial companies and non-profit organizations.

The satellites will be used to obtain data on the Earth's surface and observe the atmosphere of our planet

China successfully launched 10 Jilin-1 Gaofen-03D remote sensing satellites and six Yunyao spacecraft into orbit on Wednesday. This was announced by the Chinese Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.