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As reported by the TASS news agency, on the morning of May 18, 2022, the Russian military satellite Kosmos-2555, which was launched on April 29 using the Angara-1 launch vehicle, descended from orbit and burned in the atmosphere.2". This follows from the data of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) of the United States.

Lunar agriculture has made a big step forward: scientists from the University of Florida for the first time grew seedlings in soil delivered from the Moon. This success marks an important milestone in the work on future deep space missions, and also provides useful information about the composition and fertility of space soil. There is not much lunar soil on Earth, so the experiment was not easy.

Dmitry Baranov, Director of the Progress RCC, told how the plant lives under sanctions

After the introduction of US and EU sanctions against Russian space enterprises, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, promised to focus the resources released due to the curtailment of cooperation on the creation of dual-use and military systems.

In their opinion, the United States is only at the beginning of the way to create such weapons, significantly lagging behind Russia

The United States is only at the beginning of the way to create hypersonic weapons, significantly lagging behind Russia.

Russia and the United States continue negotiations on cross-flights to the ISS, plans for their resumption this fall remain in force, deputy head of NASA's ISS program Dana Weigel told reporters.

Russian scientists decided to land on Venus in a new way

Scientists of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences proposed using a new landing scheme for the Venus-D project. This is an original idea that will be used in Russian cosmonautics for the first time. One of the project managers and co-author of the article, head of the laboratory of spectroscopy of planetary atmospheres Lyudmila Zasova told the newspaper.Ru", why an extra revolution around the Sun is needed to land on the planet, what devices will be used and what will the Americans' exit from the mission lead to.

The project of the S7 group of companies, within which it was supposed to create a light launch vehicle, has been frozen, part of the team of designers and developers is likely to be reduced. This was reported to N + 1 by one of the project engineers. The press service of the S7 company did not answer N + 1's questions.

The Russian Ambassador to the United States noted that Washington "really does not like" the Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle and the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile.

US congressmen wanted to reveal "one of the greatest secrets of our time", for this purpose, on May 17, for the first time in several decades, open hearings will be held on cases of the appearance of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). This is reported by TASS.

Elon Musk's space company is sometimes jokingly called pyrotechnic — so often its products explode during tests. A couple of recent incidents at the test site in the city of McGregor only confirm this glory. The fans of cosmonautics did not have time to set up an online broadcast from this location, as they captured two explosions in a row with an interval of only tens of hours.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States believes that anti-Russian sanctions have not affected the work of the ISS, but have created difficulties for Americans working in Russia.

Scientists of the MIPT Applied Nanotechnology Laboratory have developed and tested a new digital receiver board based mainly on Russian components. It will provide communications for small spacecraft. Boeing, Airbus and Thales have similar solutions, but the domestic version differs in that it implements the functions of the whole device in a single chip.

Political, diplomatic and economic pressure on Moscow, the supply of weapons and military equipment — NATO countries continue to defiantly help Ukraine. However, a different kind of support remains behind the scenes: from the very beginning of the conflict, Western intelligence services have been continuously supplying Kiev with intelligence. What exactly — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Chinese researchers have discovered chemicals in lunar soil samples that can be used as catalysts for the production of hydrocarbons and oxygen. Potentially, the discovery will allow us to develop a technological process that provides future colonists with the main resources for living on the Moon. And also fuel for the return trip.

American geophysicists have discovered a channel in the atmosphere that transmits sounds for hundreds of kilometers

Waveguides allow you to transmit sound (or light) for a great distance, enclosing them as if in a narrow corridor. One of these waveguides was recently discovered by American researchers after hearing an infrasound from a rocket hundreds of kilometers away from launch. At the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences "Newspaper.Ru" stated that this phenomenon has long been predicted theoretically and its practical benefits are not very great.

The Chinese cargo spacecraft "Tianzhou-4" with supplies and equipment on board launched to the National Orbital Station of the People's Republic of China "Tiangong", follows from the broadcast, which is conducted by China Central Television (CCTV).

Chinese scientists from Nanjing University have found a way to convert lunar soil into carbon dioxide, oxygen and fuel. These works are described in Joule.

The US has recognized the nuclear missile gap with Russia

Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the Roscosmos State Corporation, said that the Sarmat rocket currently being tested will be much more powerful than its predecessor Voevoda. Destroying the missile "will be almost impossible." In the United States, the Sarmat tests have intensified the discussion about a new nuclear missile strategy. Details are in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that NATO countries would be destroyed by Russia in a nuclear war in half an hour, but urged it not to be allowed, he said in his Telegram channel.

Apparently, the development of the long-suffering main competitor "Dragon" SpaceX is coming to the final stage. In less than two weeks, the CST-100 Starliner will embark on its second and final test flight. Boeing representatives assured that all the shortcomings identified during the previous test mission (unsuccessful) have been eliminated.