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According to the head of the state corporation, the Russian Federation does not intend to "give this niche to the Americans"

Roscosmos does not plan to give the USA a niche of space tourism, said Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the state corporation, at a meeting with Russian members of the cosmonaut squad.

Housing under the program can be purchased both on the primary and secondary market

Promsvyazbank and Roscosmos have signed an agreement that implies the provision of preferential mortgages for members of the Russian cosmonaut squad. The agreement was signed after the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Soyuz MS-20 manned spacecraft on Wednesday from Baikonur.

So, the cosmonauts took part in the discussion of the readiness of the multipurpose laboratory module "Science" for flight tests, the preliminary design of Soyuz-5, Angara

Russian cosmonauts, within the framework of scientific and technical Councils (NTS), take part in discussing the problems of creating a Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS), robotic systems and other projects.

Alexander Misurkin will partially participate in the scientific program

The commander of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft, TASS correspondent cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, will conduct experiments in orbit in the interests of Russian science. This was reported to TASS on Wednesday by the Deputy Director for Science of the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IMBP) RAN Oleg Kotov.

According to the head of Roscosmos, a Russian group of potential space tourists is in the CPC

A Russian group of potential space tourists is at the Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC), getting acquainted with how the training takes place. This was reported to journalists by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The Director General of Roscosmos will visit the country at the invitation of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, said that he plans to visit Japan in 2022 at the invitation of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

The satellite will be delivered to the USA for launch from the SpaceX site

The plane with the Ukrainian satellite of remote sensing of the earth "Sich-2-30" on Wednesday took off from the Ukrainian international airport Borispol. The satellite will be delivered to the United States for launch from the SpaceX site, the airport's press service said.

Japanese space tourists Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano, together with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, opened the hatches between the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft and the International Space Station (ISS). The event is broadcast on Wednesday, December 8, on the Roscosmos website.

The only female cosmonaut of Russia, Anna Kikina, will fly on the American Crew Dragon ship in 2022. This was announced on December 8 by Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the Roscosmos State Corporation.

For the first time, the International Space Station (ISS) will paint a picture with brushes on canvas in a special box, as well as record the mixing of paints and water in zero gravity, Izvestia writes.

Sitronics Group reported that the development of a medium-resolution satellite for remote sensing of the Earth "Zorky" on the OrbiCraft-Pro platform and a device with a submeter-resolution camera "Kinosatnik" is also underway.

Data from any commercially available satellite systems will be uploaded to the service

Sitronics Group together with its member company Sputnix will create a single "store" for the sale of space services and data. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the group of companies.

The document contains plans for monitoring and evaluating the characteristics of global navigation satellite systems, as well as for the joint application of navigation technologies in the interests of socio-economic development of the two countries.

Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin clarified that the language of communication with the Japanese participants of the flight is English

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his business assistant Yozo Hirano began learning Russian while preparing for a flight into space. This was announced at a pre-flight press conference on Tuesday by cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, who will become the first TASS correspondent aboard the International Space Station.

He called the clogging of the near-Earth orbit a new direction of environmental work that has arisen before humanity

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on Tuesday discussed the problems of environmental legislation with cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, who joined the discussion with the ISS. The video broadcast of the seminar was held on the official YouTube channel of the Sun.

The launch of the rocket in modification Y2 took place from the Jiuquan cosmodrome

The Ceres-1 launch vehicle of the private Chinese company Galactic Energy successfully launched five satellite vehicles into a sun-synchronous orbit on Tuesday. This is stated in a statement issued by the company.

The carrier, the first stage of which is equipped with a Russian RD-180 engine, launched from the Cape Canaveral cosmodrome

The American company United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched an Atlas V launch vehicle with two satellites on Tuesday by order of the Space Forces of the US Armed Forces. The broadcast is conducted on the ULA website.

Autonomous tests are planned to be completed by the end of 2021

Specialists have started testing the systems of the Soyuz launch complex after upgrading to a new type of fuel at the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of Roscosmos.

Success Rockets as part of the SR NET project intends to create a satellite constellation to provide broadband communications

Kirill Menshov, Senior Vice President for Information Technologies at Rostelecom, and Oleg Mansurov, founder and CEO of Success Rockets, signed an agreement on cooperation between the two companies. This was reported to TASS on Tuesday in the press service of the space company.

The Government will approve the procedure for assessing the conformity of space technology intended for use in scientific and socio-economic purposes

The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill defining the procedure for assessing the conformity of dual-use space technology, which is intended for use in scientific and socio-economic purposes. The document was initiated by the Government of the Russian Federation.