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During this period, the US authorities want to work with their international partners, including Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe

The US government has confirmed plans to extend the presence of American astronauts on the International Space Station until 2030. This was announced on Friday by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

The number of launches will increase when Russia begins to withdraw a multi-satellite orbital grouping, Dmitry Rogozin noted

Roscosmos will be ready for the "launch boom" that is expected in the world in 2025-2026. This was announced by the general director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin during a conversation with members of the ISS crew.

The European Space Agency (ESA) supports the decision of the US government to extend the agreement on the operation of the International Space Station (ISS) until 2030 and will send a counter-proposal on the operation of the station to partner countries, said the head of the agency Josef Aschbacher.

Roscosmos: 83 cosmonauts have met the New Year's holiday on the ISS for 21 years

83 people in 21 years have met on board the International Space Station (ISS) New Year's holiday. This is reported on the website of Roscosmos.

Roscosmos CEO Rogozin: Russia plans to launch 50-75 missiles annually

Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, said that Russia intends to increase the number of space launches by two or three times. This is reported by RBC.

Roscosmos expects a new flight to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a "cross" program with NASA in the second half of 2022, the state corporation said on Saturday.

The module has been operating in the orbit of the planet for 526 days

The State Space Administration of the People's Republic of China released on Saturday a series of images of Mars taken by the orbital module of the Tianwen-1 space probe (Tianwen-1).

Russia plans to refuse to lease 16 objects of Baikonur

Russia is going to refuse to lease 16 objects at the Baikonur cosmodrome by the end of 2022, RIA Novosti writes, citing a source in the space industry.

The Russian Defense Ministry will launch three "Hangars" in 2022 from Plesetsk

The Russian Defense Ministry plans to launch three Angara space rockets with satellites in 2022, a source told RIA Novosti.

During the first test launch of the Angara manned launch vehicle from the Vostochny cosmodrome in December 2023, a mock-up of the new Eagle spacecraft will be used as a payload, and not its finished version, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said.

Yuzhmash has received a contract for the production of equipment for two Antares missiles

The Ukrainian enterprise "A. M. Makarov Southern Machine-Building Plant" (Yuzhmash) has received an order for the production of the main structure of the first stage of the American Antares launch vehicle. This is reported by Defense Express with reference to the press service of the enterprise.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that this year the Aerospace Forces provided 24 launches of satellites for various purposes, including 15 Russian ones. 12 such vehicles were taken over by specialists of the Main Test Space Center - GICC.

Roscosmos noted that in 2021 NPO Energomash carried out in full a series of fire tests of several copies of this engine

Delivery of RD-171MV liquid rocket engines for flight tests of the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle will begin in 2022. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Friday.

Roscosmos clarified that the RD-191M differs from the RD-191 in terms of thrust

Firing tests of the first sample of the RD-191M engine, which is designed for the Angara-A5M launch vehicle, will start next year. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Friday.

The United States carried out six launches of space rockets with Russian-made engines in 2021, Roscosmos reported on Friday.

Flight tests of the RD-171MV liquid-fueled engine for the Soyuz-5 rocket may begin in 2022, the state corporation Roscosmos reported on Friday.

The British company Hill Helicopters presented the concept of an innovative helicopter of the XXI century, focused exclusively on private owners – the NH50.

There are currently 25 satellites in the grouping, of which 22 are used for their intended purpose

The last Glonass-M navigation satellite has been removed from storage and will be ready for launch in March next year. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.

The Chinese Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation reported that according to this indicator, the country came out on top in the world, surpassing the United States

China has set a national record for launching launch vehicles, increasing their number in 2021 by 40% compared to 2020, up to 55 times. This was announced on Thursday by the Chinese Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

The head of SpaceX Musk in response to the criticism of ESA: we are not interfering with anyone and are not going to do it

The head of the American company SpaceX, Elon Musk, in an interview with the Financial Times, commented on the criticism of the Starlink satellites by the Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), Josef Aschbacher, reports TASS.