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Rogozin said that the Venus-D project must be implemented by 2030.
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.
Rogozin said that the frequency of flights to the new orbital station will be higher than to the ISS
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.
The Government awarded the prize in the field of space activities
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.
Roscosmos and scientists will bring out hardier plants in space and return them to Earth
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.
Roscosmos has accelerated the production of satellite integrated circuits tenfold
Russian Space Systems (RKS) has accelerated the production of integrated circuits for satellite data transmission systems tenfold, Roscosmos reports.
Russian cosmonauts began to prepare for the flight on Crew Dragon
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.
Russian cosmonauts are already getting acquainted with some operations with the Crew Dragon spacecraft
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.
ISS crew members celebrated Thanksgiving with apple cider and turkey
Roscosmos said that alcohol is prohibited at the station, and the corresponding photo on Instagram shows the products of the American diet
The crew members of the International Space Station celebrated Thanksgiving on board, apple cider and smoked turkey were on the festive table. This was announced on Friday by Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov.
The nuclear tug project is at the stage of resource provision discussion
What specific resource provision is being discussed, Roscosmos did not specify
The draft program on nuclear space energy (nuclear tugboat "Zeus") is under discussion of resource provision. This was announced on Friday by the Executive director of Roscosmos for Advanced Programs and Science, Alexander Bloshenko.
Roscosmos has started implementing the Sphere program
Roscosmos has started the creation of the Sphere satellite system, said Alexander Bloshenko, Executive Director of the State Corporation for Science.
The global space market in 2020 decreased by 0.3%
This trend is associated with the coronavirus pandemic, experts say
The global space market showed a decline in 2020. This is stated in the presentation of Alexey Pivkin, Deputy Director General for Strategic Development of the main economic research organization of the rocket and space industry of Agat Organization JSC (part of Roscosmos).
Deputy Head of Radiophysics Alexander Kuzin: six Sula radars will find all space debris around the Earth
A total of six radar stations (radars) monitoring space objects "Sula" is enough to detect and monitor all space debris around the Earth.
"Progress" with "Berth" docked to the ISS
The Progress M-UM spacecraft module with the Berth node module has docked to the International Space Station (ISS), Roscosmos reports.
Russia has completed the formation of its ISS - Rogozin segment
The formation of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) has been completed, said Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos. "The fact of the completion of the formation of the Russian segment of the ISS - this fact has already happened," Rogozin told reporters on Friday.
The Berth node module docked with the ISS
The docking took place in automatic mode under the supervision of specialists of the Mission Control Center
The Berth node module as part of the Progress M-UM spacecraft, launched on Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome, moored to the docking node of the multipurpose laboratory module Nauka, a TASS correspondent reports from the Mission Control Center (MCC, part of Roscosmos).
Roscosmos will begin preliminary design of ROSS at its own expense
According to the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin, the agreement on the project will not be related to specific parameters of financing the work, but with a fundamental decision on their deployment
Roscosmos is ready to start work on the preliminary design of the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS) with compensation in 2023. This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin at the Mission Control Center (MCC).
Rogozin: foreign spaceships will be able to dock to the "Berth" on the ISS in the future
According to the CEO of Roscosmos, after the docking of the Berth, the completion of the formation of the Russian segment of the ISS is a fait accompli
NASA and Roscosmos have begun negotiations on the harmonization of technical standards not only for Crew Dragon to the Russian module, but for Russian ships to the American segment. This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin at the Mission Control Center (MCC).
Rogozin called the future nodal modules "joints" of the Russian orbital station
The head of Roscosmos noted that the architecture of the Berth will be different from the ISS
The Berth node module will become a prototype of similar modules for the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS), which will be the "joints" of its space body. This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin at the Mission Control Center (MCC).
China has launched a telecommunications satellite into Earth orbit
China has successfully placed the Zhongxing-1D telecommunications satellite into geosynchronous orbit of the Earth, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) announced on Friday.
China successfully launched the Zhongxing-1D satellite
The launch was the 399th for the Long March series launch vehicles
China has successfully launched the Zhongxing-1D satellite from the Xichang Cosmodrome in the southwestern province of Sichuan. This was reported on Friday by the Xinhua news agency.