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According to Dmitry Loskutov, CEO of Glavkosmos, a total of seven launches are planned for next year

The first launch of British OneWeb communications satellites in 2022 is scheduled to take place in February from the Guiana Space Center (Kourou Cosmodrome). This was reported to TASS by the General Director of Glavkosmos JSC (part of Roscosmos) Dmitry Loskutov.

The James Webb telescope successfully corrected the course to the second Lagrange point

The most expensive James Webb telescope ("James Webb"), launched into space the day before, successfully made the first course correction. This was reported by NASA.

Dmitry Strugovets, head of the Roscosmos press service, noted that 2021 was a breakthrough year for many projects that could not be launched in recent years

Dmitry Strugovets, head of the Roscosmos press service, congratulated the specialists of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), who jointly developed the James Webb telescope, on the successful launch of the device. The corresponding message was published by Strugovets on Saturday on his Facebook page.

The platform of the nanoclass spacecraft is made in the form of a hexagonal prism and consists of a set of unified scalable modules

JSC "Russian Space Systems" has patented a multi-purpose platform of the nanoclass spacecraft. This is stated in the patent for the invention distributed by the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (available to TASS).

In particular, the mission of the Progress M-UM spacecraft has ended

The program of dynamic operations that were planned for the Russian segment of the ISS in 2021 has been completed. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Thursday.

Five more people will choose for the flight, which will take place in 2022

Justin Sun, the founder of the Tron entertainment content platform, won the auction and paid $28 million for the opportunity to make a suborbital flight on the New Shepard ship of the American company Blue Origin. He announced this on Thursday on his Twitter page. Previously, the identity of the winner of the auction held in June 2021 was not disclosed.

Roscosmos: fragments of the Progress M-UM module ship fell into the Pacific Ocean

The instrument and aggregate compartment of the Progress M-UM cargo module has been undocked from the Berth module of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) and flooded in the Pacific Ocean, Roscosmos reports.

China is preparing to set a new national record for the number of launches in 2021

China on Thursday successfully launched two experimental Shiyan-12 satellites into orbit for space exploration. This was announced by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

Kosmos-2519, from which another spacecraft had previously separated, burned up in the atmosphere. The satellite had remote sensing equipment, as well as equipment for shooting objects in space.

Bill Nelson stated that he is positive about plans for a meeting with the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin

The head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Bill Nelson is positive about plans to meet with the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, a trip to Moscow can take place as soon as it becomes safe to travel. This was stated on Saturday during a press conference by the head of the American ISS program Joel Montalbano, answering a question from TASS about whether there are exact dates for Nelson's visit to Moscow.

Russian cosmonauts in the United States are being trained to fly on the Crew Dragon ship. This was announced on December 20 by the head of the NASA program at the International Space Station (ISS) Joel Montalbano.

Scientists in Austria and the USA have recognized Robert Bussard's interstellar drive as impossible

Physicists from Austria and the USA have refuted the performance of the Bussard engine, which, according to the hypothesis, can allow spacecraft to travel interstellar distances, and recognized its creation as impossible. This is reported in an article published in the journal Acta Astronautica.

NASA hoped for continued effective cooperation with Russia on the ISS

The American company SpaceX has destroyed the monopoly of Roscosmos on the delivery of people to the International Space Station (ISS), however, the head of NASA Bill Nelson hopes to continue effective cooperation on the relevant project with Russia, writes The Washington Post.

Bill Nelson noted that NASA astronauts and Roscosmos cosmonauts have been working together for more than 20 years

The head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Bill Nelson, hopes to continue cooperation with Russia within the framework of the International Space Station (ISS). He stated this to The Washington Post.

Assistant to Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa Yozo Hirano noted that if he had been given such a chance, he would have taken it

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano, who visited the ISS, admitted that they would like to go into outer space. They reported this during a conference in TASS, which is held in an online format together with Roscosmos and the CPC.

He said that his colleagues on the crew helped him in his work - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his business assistant Yozo Hirano

Managing the Soyuz MS-20 manned spacecraft alone turned out to be easier than it seemed before the flight, cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin said during a conference in TASS, which was held in an online format together with Roscosmos and the Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC).

Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin called this distance the hardest in terms of energy consumption

Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin considered the flight for 12 days difficult in terms of energy consumption, comparing it with a race at a distance of 800-1000 meters. He expressed this opinion during a conference in TASS, which is held in an online format together with Roscosmos and the CPC.

American companies L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman have defended the projects of hypersonic weapons detection satellites. Now they can move on to prototype production.

NASA: Russia and the USA will conduct cross-flights to the ISS in the fall of 2022

Russia and the United States will conduct cross-flights to the International Space Station (ISS) in the fall of 2022. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the statement of the NASA program coordinator on the ISS Joel Montalbano during a press conference dedicated to the dispatch of the Dragon cargo spacecraft to the ISS.

As the executive director of Roscosmos for manned Space Programs Sergey Krikalev noted, if there is a need, the space industry can produce two more ships per year.