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"Unacceptable." Rogozin received a response from NASA, ESA and SSA to the demand to lift sanctions
"Either the donkey will die, or the ISS will die by its own death," wrote the head of the Russian space agency, commenting on the response of Western colleagues.
Mozyr: will the most unusual anti-missile system be revived?
Anti-missile weapons are as diverse as the missiles themselves. Among the many complexes and systems there is a very unusual sample. And a successful one, which shot down a real ballistic missile warhead during an intercontinental launch. Perhaps soon this unique system will be adopted. Naked Science reveals all the details about her.
SOFIA flying Observatory will stop working in 2023
The NASA federal budget plan for fiscal year 2023 does not provide for the further continuation of the SOFIA flying stratospheric observatory and the closure of the project in 2023. Such a decision was made due to the high cost of the annual maintenance of the project and the insufficient level of scientific productivity, according to the website Space.com .
Hypersonic aviation missile system "Dagger"
In Soviet times, being a place of storage of nuclear ammunition, "Object 711" was cut down in rocks at a depth of several tens of meters.
"People on Earth face problems. In space, we are one team"
A Russian-American crew returning from the ISS landed in Kazakhstan
Three ISS crew members returned to Earth - two Russians and one American. The current descent took place against the background of a sharp deterioration in relations between Russia and the United States, which is why the NASA astronaut will have to get home by a roundabout way around Russian territory.
SpaceX has stopped producing manned Dragon spacecraft
The decision was expected for those who have been following the company's activities for a long time. But even many cosmonautics fans who didn't delve too deeply into SpaceX's development strategy were taken by surprise by this news. Production of Dragon ships has been completed, and now all flights will be carried out on an already created fleet of four reusable passenger capsules.
Nuclear guards in orbit
60 years ago, the first satellite of the Cosmos series was launched
The concept of "series" in relation to artificial Earth satellites (ISS) "Cosmos", which in the USSR had serial numbers from 1 to 2174, is itself conditional. Under the name "Cosmos" – so they were registered in the international "space annals" – there were hidden ISS with completely different authentic names.
Airlines warned about the risk of stopping flights on AN-24 and AN-26
Carriers warned of problems with the repair of AN-24 and AN-26 engines due to the closure of the plant in Rostov-on-Don. This may lead to the suspension of flights on these aircraft. They are used for transportation in at least ten regions
"All foreign partners continue to cooperate with our institute"
Director of ISP RAS - on the immutability of the pre-sanctions strategy and "thin spots" in Russian technologies
Partners of the Institute of System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences Samsung, Huawei, Bentley Systems have confirmed their plans for long-term cooperation, said in an interview with "Gazeta.Ru" Director of ISP RAS, academician Harutyun Avetisyan.
"Firing homosexuals will be a policy": what the ex-head of NASA was convicted of
Published letters about the treatment of gays at NASA in the 1960s
Half a century ago, NASA really fired employees of non-traditional sexual orientation, it turned out from the published correspondence of current employees. This issue was raised by activists who opposed the name of the space telescope in honor of James Webb, the former director of the agency, who was suspected of homophobia.
Work on the integration of the European ERA manipulator into the Russian module "Science" will continue - cosmonaut Artemyev
The next spacewalks of Russian cosmonauts will take place on April 20 and 28, as well as in May
Russian cosmonauts will conduct three spacewalks in April and May to integrate the European ERA manipulator into the Russian segment of the International Space Station, cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, who works on the ISS, said.
SpaceX has sharply raised the prices of flights to space and Starlink
Earlier, Tesla seriously increased the prices of its lithium energy storage and electric vehicles. What is happening can significantly reduce the pace of development of entire industries.
Roscosmos withdrew from the international Icarus project
Now the future of the project dedicated to the continuous monitoring of the migration routes of various animals using radio transmitters and the study of their lives is in question.
NASA for the first time rolled out a superheavy rocket SLS on the launch pad
For the first time, NASA has rolled out a superheavy SLS rocket to the launch pad of the Cape Canaveral cosmodrome, which will send astronauts on lunar missions. It is expected that the first flight of the rocket will take place in the summer of 2022.
Reports about the combat use of Starlink terminals look fake
The British press claims that Elon Musk is helping Ukrainian drones win the drone war. Analysis of the technical details of such stories does not confirm this hypothesis.
A telescope on a leash, or a New Job for China's Orbital Station
Mikhail Kotov - about China's plans to launch a telescope module into space with a resolution coefficient equivalent to the Hubble telescope
According to the expansion plan of the Chinese orbital program, the launch of the newest 20-ton observatory will take place in the next two years. According to Zhou Jianping, chief designer of the Manned Space Program of the People's Republic of China, "the new orbital telescope with a resolution coefficient equivalent to the Hubble telescope will have a lens with a diameter of over 2 m and a field of view 300 times larger than that of the American orbital telescope." At the same time, the telescope module will be in the same orbit as the Chinese Tiangong station.
"I don't see an opportunity to launch ExoMars until 2028"
The European Space Agency told whether they can do without Russia in a mission to Mars
After breaking off the partnership with Roscosmos, the Europeans may have to create a landing module for the Rosalind Franklin rover themselves instead of the Cossack. The scientific director of the European part of the ExoMars 2022 mission, Jorge Vago, told the newspaper.Ru", how long it may take to develop your device.
ESA decided to look for alternative ways to deliver the ExoMars mission rover
The European Space Agency (ESA), in connection with the military actions in Ukraine, decided to freeze cooperation with Roscosmos on the ExoMars mission, stated that the launch of the mission in 2022 is impossible. The ESA Director General will look for other options for implementing the mission of the main apparatus of the ExoMars project - the Rosalind Franklin rover.
"ExoMars-2022" will not take off: "Cossack" will land on Mars alone
The European Space Agency refused to cooperate with Roscosmos in the ExoMars mission. The Russian side announced that it would launch its landing mission to Mars on the Angara, but did not mention anything about plans to replace the European rover. Most likely, the mission will take place without its rover.
The Martian soil turned out to be stronger than the lunar regolith
The team of the first Chinese rover "Zhuzhong" has published the results of the analysis of data collected during the first 60 sols of its work on the Utopia Plain. It turned out that the soil at the landing site is much more durable than lunar regolith, and also quite sticky. In addition, scientists have determined that the terrain in the landing area is formed due to the physical and chemical weathering of rocks, including with the participation of water. The article was published in the journal Nature Geoscience.
