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Another joint space program for Russia and the West, apparently, will be suspended due to the military operation in Ukraine.

Among them is the first flight rocket "Angara-A5" for the Vostochny cosmodrome

More than 10 Angara launch vehicles are currently in production at Polet Software (a branch of the Khrunichev Center). This was stated by the General Director of the M. V. Khrunichev Center Alexey Brewho.

The helicopter covered almost 4.3 km in a year

The Ingenuity helicopter has already completed 20 flights during its year on Mars, covering a total of 4,227 meters. This was announced on Tuesday on its website by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), located in Pasadena, California.

The extension of the agreement on the operation of the ISS under sanctions causes skepticism, the press service of Roscosmos told Interfax on Tuesday.

NASA experts are studying ways to keep the International Space Station in orbit without the participation of Russia. Nevertheless, the ministry does not see any immediate signs that Moscow refuses to cooperate on the project.

Among them are technical reports on ground tests and preparation for spacecraft launches, reports on electrical tests, flight assignments, letters from the Director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The launch of the British OneWeb communications satellites is scheduled for March 5 at 01:41 Moscow Time

The Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle for the launch of the British OneWeb communications satellites will be taken to the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Wednesday. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos.

Roscosmos will bill Europe for losses due to the shutdown of the Spectrum-RG telescope

Roscosmos will bill Europe for losses due to the shutdown of one of the two telescopes of the Spectrum-RG observatory, TASS reports, referring to the state corporation.

Izvestia: the technical divorce of the national segments of the ISS can be carried out at least a year

If necessary, the technical separation of the national segments of the International Space Station (ISS) can be carried out at least in one year, the head of the Institute of Space Policy Ivan Moiseev told Izvestia.

Roscosmos will focus the resources released due to the curtailment of cooperation with Europe and the United States on the creation of defense systems, said the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

The experiment, in which coronavirus protein crystals will be grown using a 3D bioprinter, will take place within about eight days

Coronavirus proteins, as part of an experiment to study them, will be sent to the ISS for the first time on the Soyuz MS-21 manned spacecraft on March 18. This was reported to TASS by the managing partner of 3D Bioprinting Solutions, Youssef Hesuani.

North Korea said on Monday it had conducted an "important test" to develop a "reconnaissance satellite," KCNA reported.

The final composition of the crews will be approved by the state Commission at the Baikonur cosmodrome on March 17

Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov, who are part of the crew of the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft, arrived at Baikonur. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Monday.

The United States said that the European Union will lose five Soyuz-2 missiles due to sanctions against Russia

The American edition of SpaceNews assessed the consequences of the suspension of the launch of Russian Soyuz-2 rockets from the European Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana. It follows from the publication that the European Union will lose five Soyuz-2 missiles after the sanctions imposed against Russia.

The collapse of Russian-Ukrainian space cooperation after the coup in Kiev in 2014, as well as recent US sanctions after Russia launched a military special operation in Ukraine, all this is a powerful blow to the domestic space industry. However, Russia will continue to implement its space programs, and the production of the necessary components for spacecraft will be deployed in our country. This was stated by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

Lockheed Martin and Boeing are ready to use RD-180 engines without involving Energomash

The United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture of the American companies Lockheed Martin and Boeing, is ready to use the RD-180 rocket engines remaining in the United States without involving Russian specialists from the Research and Production Association (NGO) Energomash, SpaceNews writes.

The European Space Agency earlier reported that it considers the possibility of launching the Russian-European ExoMars mission unlikely due to anti-Russian sanctions imposed in connection with the situation in Ukraine.

The agency expressed regret over the "tragic consequences" of the fighting in Ukraine and stressed that it makes decisions based on both the interests of people working on scientific programs and European values.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is studying the possibility of using European rockets to launch satellites into orbit, which were planned to be launched on Russian Soyuz rockets. This is stated in the agency's statement published on Monday.

Teslarati: Europe may use an American Falcon 9 instead of the Russian Soyuz-2

The European operator Arianespace could use the American Falcon 9 carrier to launch spacecraft instead of the Russian Soyuz-2 rocket, Teslarati suggests.