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ESA and Airbus have signed an agreement on the creation of a new space observatory for the study of exoplanets. It is planned to launch in 2029.

The Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), Josef Aschbacher, in an interview with the Financial Times newspaper, warned that the companies of American billionaire Elon Musk could take a dominant position in the developing space economy, since de facto they already dictate their own rules in it.

More than 150 military rescue specialists and medics have been relocated from the Chelyabinsk region, as well as crews of Mi-8 helicopters, An-26 and An-12 aircraft and more than 20 units of ground vehicles, including upgraded search and evacuation vehicles PEM-1 and PEM-2 "Blue Bird".

Specialists received fragments weighing about 0.5 grams for further study

Japan handed over to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) samples of the Ryugu asteroid, which were brought to Earth using the Hayabusa-2 probe (Sokol-2) a year ago. This was reported on Monday by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

Chairman of the Aerospace Committee of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan Baubek Oralmagambetov said that the Kazakh side is analyzing the prospects for the development of the complex.

Lectures on space topics will be broadcast by China Central Television

The first broadcast of the scientific and educational program "Tiangong Class" from the Chinese space station "Tiangong" (translated from Chinese as "Heavenly Palace") will be held on Thursday, December 9. This was announced on Monday by the Administration of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China.

The Minister of Economy, Finance and Reconstruction of France, Bruno Le Maire, pointed to large public investments in an American company that allowed them to make a breakthrough in the development of technology.

Before the flight, all astronauts study the Russian segment of the station, and the cosmonauts of Roscosmos study the American one

Italian Samantha Cristoforetti, who will become Europe's first female commander on the International Space Station (ISS), has already begun preparations for the flight in Russia, said Denis Manturov, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, at a meeting of the Russian-Italian cooperation Council.

According to the previous regulation, Roscosmos was not entitled to issue these permits for space infrastructure facilities that are outside the jurisdiction of the state corporation and its subordinate organizations.

After landing the rover, the mission's scientific team analyzed the first images taken and prepared a list of the most interesting terrain details

TASS, December 6. The scientific team of the Zhuzhong rover has published a detailed map of the rover's landing zone on the Utopia Plain and selected five points on its surface that will be studied by the Chinese rover in the coming months during its movements on the surface of Mars. The scientists' plans were revealed in an article in the journal Nature Astronomy.

Roscosmos: the transfer of oxygen to hospitals may disrupt the timing of testing rocket engines.

The state corporation stressed that they will have to be shifted due to the redirection of supplies to medical organizations fighting the coronavirus. 

Launches and landings of the Amur-LNG rocket will be carried out at a separate complex of the Vostochny cosmodrome. Earlier it was reported that they plan to start research work on a parachute system for a reusable carrier next year.

The astronauts met the allotted six and a half hours to complete the task

American astronauts Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron returned to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday after a spacewalk to replace a faulty antenna. The broadcast was conducted on the website of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

The total amount of contracts amounted to $415.6 million

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) The United States has signed agreements with three American companies totaling $415.6 million dollars for the development of space station projects in low Earth orbit. This was reported on Thursday by the press service of the department.

The contract amount is about 2.58 billion rubles

Roscosmos has signed a contract with JSC "Russian Space Systems" to conduct research in the field of information security and noise immunity of the information and telecommunications infrastructure of the GLONASS system, according to the public procurement portal.

NASA will not have time to complete all the necessary research to organize long-term missions to the Moon and Mars on the International Space Station (ISS) until 2030, when the operation of the station will be completed. This became known on Thursday, December 2.

The reusable first stage of the American Falcon 9 launch vehicle, launched on Friday Moscow time with 48 Internet satellites of the Starlink project, made a successful controlled landing on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean, the developer company SpaceX reported.

Two BlackSky spacecraft were launched into orbit, followed by Starlink satellites

SpaceX on Thursday successfully delivered 48 mini-satellites to orbit for its Starlink network, as well as two microsatellites from BlackSky. The broadcast was conducted on the SpaceX website.

Roscosmos specialists will begin testing the reusable stage of the Krylo-SV launch vehicle next year, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the rocket and space industry.

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said that "all the necessary documents have been agreed"

Work on the modernization of the Zenit launch complex for Soyuz-5 (the Baiterek project) will start in March next year, all documentation for this has already been agreed. This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin on Friday at the EAEU business forum "Space Integration".