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SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft will deliver supplies and fuel to the International Space Station (ISS) on December 21, NASA announced on Sunday.

In 2022, promising VVST models, including those with hypersonic weapons, will be put on combat duty. This was announced in an interview with the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda" by the Deputy Commander-in-chief of the VKS, Lieutenant General Andrey Yudin.

Russian Space Systems (RKS) has accelerated the production of integrated circuits for satellite data transmission systems tenfold, Roscosmos reports.

As the executive director of Roscosmos, Alexander Bloshenko, clarified, such equipment will allow transmitting information in almost real time

The head scientific institute of Roscosmos TsNIIMash will develop equipment for the organization of high-speed communication lines between low-orbit satellites and the Earth. This was reported to TASS by the executive director of Roscosmos for Advanced Programs and Science, Alexander Bloshenko.

Russia must implement the Venus-D project by 2030, otherwise it will "fall out" of the three great space powers. This was announced on November 29 by Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the Roscosmos State Corporation.

If Russia does not launch a mission to Venus by 2030, it will "fall out" of the three space powers. The condition for being on such a list was announced by the General director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

Roscosmos admits that the United States may abandon the Venus-D joint project, in which case the Russian Federation will launch the station on its own, said Dmitry Rogozin, head of the state corporation.

Otherwise, Russia will "fall out" of the three great space powers, the head of Roscosmos believes

Russia will "fall out" of the three great space powers if it does not implement the Venus-D project by 2030, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said.

The Director General of Roscosmos noted that "he has already instructed the general designer of RSC Energia to consider the creation of a manned and cargo ship for flights to ROSS

The frequency of flights to the promising Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS) will be higher than to the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin to journalists on Monday.

48 specialists received the award

Almost 50 people have become laureates of the Gagarin Prize of the Russian Government in the field of space activities for 2021. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov.

According to the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, the experiment will be conducted not for astronauts, but for earthlings

Roscosmos, together with the Russian Academy of Sciences and private companies, plans to put plants in orbit that will become more hardy, and then return them to Earth. This was stated by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

According to the head of Roscosmos, it is cosmonautics that is the showcase of the availability of technologies in the country

Sociologists have noted a sharp increase in interest in Russian cosmonautics over the past 2-3 years. This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The previous correction of the station's orbit height was carried out on November 10

Correction of the ISS orbit is expected at the end of December. This was reported to journalists in the press service of Roscosmos.

The launch of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle from the cosmodrome is scheduled for December 2

The American company SpaceX plans to launch 53 more mini-satellites into orbit for its Starlink network on December 2. This was reported on Sunday by a specialized portal Spaceflightnow.com .

New aircraft with hypersonic weapons will be delivered to the troops of the Aerospace Forces in 2022. This was announced on Monday, November 29, by the Commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Lieutenant General Andrey Yudin.

The Russian National Center for Remote Sensing of the Earth (Remote Sensing) from Space should begin its work in 2025. This was stated on Thursday by Valery Zaichko, Deputy Director of the Department of Navigation Space Systems of Roscosmos, at the Interdepartmental Commission on the Use of the Results of Space Activities in the Interests of Socio-economic Development of the Russian Federation and the Regions.

The hybrid rocket engine of the young British company Pulsar Fusion has become the first step of an ambitious project that includes the development of its thermonuclear technology for practical use. At least, they promise to do it by 2025, and in 2027 they will already send a rocket with such an engine into space. If the venture is successful, the travel time to Mars may be reduced by half.

As the head of Roscosmos noted, "miracles are born there"

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin expressed the opinion that "the whole world" should be interested in space.

Sergey Krikalev, Executive Director of Roscosmos for manned Space Programs, said that Russian cosmonauts have begun familiarizing themselves with operations with the Crew Dragon spacecraft of Elon Musk's SpaceX company. This is reported by TASS.

The training plan for Crew Dragon will be further clarified, Roscosmos noted

Russian cosmonauts are not yet getting acquainted with the Crew Dragon spacecraft of Elon Musk's SpaceX company, but are being trained in some operations with it. This was reported to TASS by the executive director of Roscosmos for manned space programs Sergey Krikalev.