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The relevant contract also implies the execution of work on the development of technical requirements for the Russian Orbital Station and its modules, including the centrifuge

Roscosmos has signed a contract with its parent scientific institute TsNIIMash to develop proposals, recommendations, requirements for promising technologies, elements and systems of rocket and space technology products that ensure the reliable implementation of manned flights to the Moon, according to the public procurement portal.

The International Space Station on Wednesday conducted a maneuver to avoid a collision with a fragment of a Chinese weather satellite, Roscosmos reported.

An experiment on wireless transmission of electricity in space using a laser beam on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) has been included in the research program. This is reported in the report of specialists of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, presented at the XXII Scientific and Technical Conference of the corporation. Such an experiment will take place for the first time.

Hexagon nozzles have disappeared on the International Space Station (ISS). Cosmonaut Anton Shkaperov informed the Mission Control Center about this. The words of the Russian are transmitted by RIA Novosti.

Roscosmos has signed a contract with the head scientific institute TsNIIMash for the development of the lunar program and the concept of the orbital station for 1.5 billion rubles, follows from the data of the public procurement portal.

As a result of the conversion procedure, the share of participation of the Kazakh side in the joint venture of Kazakhstan and Russia will increase to 99%

The Senate (upper house of Parliament) of Kazakhstan on Thursday ratified the protocol on amendments and additions to the intergovernmental agreement between Kazakhstan and Russia on the creation of the Baikonur space rocket complex "Baiterek" dated December 22, 2004. The meeting was broadcast on the parliament's website.

The reusable first stage of the American Falcon 9 launch vehicle, launched on Thursday Moscow time into orbit with the Crew Dragon-3 manned spacecraft, made a successful controlled landing on a floating platform in the Atlantic, the developer company SpaceX reported.

The United States plans to return its astronauts to the moon as part of the Artemis program in 2025. This was announced on Tuesday, November 9, by the head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Bill Nelson.

Washington is concerned about the success of Beijing's space program, Bill Nelson noted

The US authorities are concerned about the success of the PRC's space program and intend to make every effort to ensure that American astronauts return to the moon before China can deliver its taikonauts there. This was stated on Tuesday at a briefing for journalists by the head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Bill Nelson.

The station can be placed in a polar orbit with a height of 200 km above the surface of the Earth satellite

The power supply of the circumlunar station in the case of its location in a low circumlunar orbit can be provided with the help of solar collector satellites. This idea was presented at RSC Energia, follows from the theses for the XXII Scientific and Technical Conference of Scientists and Specialists dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight, the 75th anniversary of the rocket and space industry and the founding of the corporation.

A fragment of a Chinese weather satellite will approach the International Space Station (ISS) on November 12. The threat level is already being studied. This was reported to TASS on November 10 in the press service of Roscosmos.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said that astronauts will not get to the Earth's satellite in 2024. The mission was postponed for at least another year.

Reducing the load on the production facilities of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia may affect the quality of Soyuz spacecraft. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the report of specialists of the scientific and production association (NGO) "Technomash" (part of the state corporation "Roscosmos").

The station crew conducted an environmental survey of the construction of Olympic facilities

The Olympic facilities around Sochi were built under the environmental supervision of astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS). Hero of Russia, cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin told about this at a press conference in TASS.

Russian cosmonauts will have to wait at least a month for the opportunity to fly to the Moon because of the need to prepare the Vostochny cosmodrome for a new launch, according to a report by specialists of the rocket and space corporation Energia.

Experts also predict low reliability indicators of Angara missiles in the first years of operation

Reducing the load of RSC Energia's capacities can have an extremely negative impact on the reliability of the Soyuz manned spacecraft and Progress trucks, according to the theses of the report of experts from NPO Technomash (part of Roscosmos).

Negotiations on international participation in the project of a new Russian space station should begin in the near future, said Academician Lev Zeleny, scientific director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

According to the executive director of Roscosmos Sergey Krikalev, the launch of the multipurpose laboratory module "Science" and the node module "Berth" does not mean the completion of the development of the ISS

The operation of the International Space Station (ISS) will last at least until 2027-2028. This was announced by the executive director of Roscosmos for manned space programs Sergey Krikalev.

The camera was chosen as the first object to be restored, because failures in the operation of this device are rare

The team of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), servicing the Hubble Space Telescope, restored the operation of one of its cameras after the entire telescope went into safe mode due to a loss of synchronization.

According to the chief project manager Mark Belakovsky, many countries have applied to Russia to participate in the one-year experiment, a number of contracts have already been signed

The SIRIUS international annual experiment simulating a flight into deep space is scheduled to begin at the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow in the first quarter of 2023. This was reported to TASS by SIRIUS project chief Manager, Head of the Department of IMBP RAS Mark Belakovsky.