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The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, reacted to the statement of the US Embassy in Moscow, noting that the question remained unanswered why Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Chub was denied a visa.

The center is planned to accommodate 20 thousand engineers, designers and administrative staff

Moscow, January 21. /TASS/ Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of the Roscosmos State Corporation, inspected the construction of the National Space Center building complex on the territory of the Khrunichev State Space Research Center.

The US Embassy in Moscow does not comment on individual visa cases, but Washington highly appreciates cooperation with the Russian Federation on the ISS and pays attention to issuing visas to astronauts.

The rocket is already on the launch pad, specialists have started work on its preparation for launch

The Wenchang cosmodrome in the northeast of the Chinese province of Hainan in late February - early March is preparing for the launch of a new generation carrier rocket CZ-8 ("Changzheng-8"). This was reported on Friday by China Central Television.

CEO Rogozin: Roscosmos will launch at least two Angara light missiles in 2022

Roscosmos will launch at least two Angara light missiles in 2022, said Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the state corporation. The manager's statement is transmitted by TASS.

Deputy General Director of the enterprise Roman Khokhlov also reported that the Khrunichev Center for the first time in a long time completed the year without debt obligations on rocket technology

The tank hulls for the first Angara-A5, which will be launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome, have already been assembled. This was announced by Roman Khokhlov, Deputy General Director of the Khrunichev Center for Production.

The crew, whose members have not been trained to work in the American segment, will not be able to be sent to the ISS, the press service of Roscosmos reported.

Roscosmos: non-issuance of a US visa to a Russian cosmonaut may threaten the safety of the ISS

Refusal to issue an American visa to cosmonaut Nikolai Chub may threaten the security of the International Space Station (ISS). Roscosmos called the possible consequences of the incident with the United States. This is reported by TASS.

The Khrunichev Center has fulfilled all production plans for the year for the first time in modern history, said Roman Khokhlov, deputy director of the center.

The US Department of Defense launched the GSSAP-5 and GSSAP-6 inspection satellites on an Atlas V rocket

The US Department of Defense launched a pair of Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) spacecraft into geosynchronous near-Earth orbit from the Cape Canaveral cosmodrome in Florida on an Atlas V rocket, capable of maneuvering in space and tracking the status of other satellites, writes The Drive.

Pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of Russia Mikhail Kornienko said that it is possible to completely stop the joint work of the United States and Russia on the International Space Station (ISS).

The head of Roscosmos noted that the US can still fix this situation

Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin expressed hope that the US refusal to issue a visa to Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Chub is a misunderstanding that the United States can still fix.

TASS: The United States did not issue a visa to Roscosmos cosmonaut Chub for training at the American center

The United States did not issue a visa to Roscosmos cosmonaut Nikolai Chub to participate in a training session at the Lyndon Johnson Space Center. This is reported by TASS with reference to a source familiar with the situation.

The cosmonaut noted that he conducted a test fitting of the spacesuit before the flight

Cosmonaut Sergei Korsakov, who is due to go to the ISS with colleagues Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev on March 18, said that he considers the Russian Falcon spacesuit more reliable than the spacesuit of the American company SpaceX.

The European Space Agency invites everyone to try to hack the European OPS-SAT satellite operating in orbit. This is reported on the website of the event organizers specially created for this occasion.

Russian experts drew attention to possible technical difficulties associated with the Search module of the International Space Station. Earlier, NASA hinted at the isolation of the Russian Zvezda module.

Ukraine wants to build a cosmodrome on the Black Sea coast

Participants of the founding conference of the All-Ukrainian Association of Innovation and Space Clusters wanted to build a cosmodrome in Ukraine. As a location, they proposed the border of the Odessa and Mykolaiv regions near the Black Sea coast, Ukrinform reports. It is noted that the construction of the facility will require coordination with Turkey due to the risk of the second stage of the launch vehicle falling on its territory.

A test tank with liquid nitrogen exploded at the SpaceX spaceport in Texas

An explosion occurred at the SpaceX spaceport under construction in Texas in the USA. During the tests on Tuesday, January 18, the GSE-4 test tank with liquid nitrogen exploded. The incident was noticed by observers, Futurism reports.

Roscosmos: NASA astronaut Rubio may fly to Soyuz MS in September 2022

Francisco Rubio may become the only American astronaut who will be delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) by the Russian Soyuz MS spacecraft in 2022. The name of the NASA astronaut was called "Roscosmos".

Deputy Head of the Russian Military Department Alexey Krivoruchko said that on November 25, calculations of the Aerospace Forces launched a Soyuz-2 L B carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage.