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Japan launched an Epsilon rocket with a Vietnamese NanoDragon satellite
The device must receive and transmit signals of an automatic identification system for tracking the movement of ships and monitoring activities at sea
Japan on Tuesday launched an Epsilon-5 launch vehicle with nine satellites, including the Vietnamese NanoDragon spacecraft. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is broadcasting the launch live.
The Crew Dragon ship with four astronauts on board landed off the coast of the USA
On board the ship are US astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan MacArthur, European Space Agency astronaut Tom Pesquet, as well as Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.
Beijing is quietly taking aim at the whole world
In August, China tested a hypersonic missile that circled the globe in a low orbit before taking aim at a pre-determined object. They say that the rocket missed the target by only 38 kilometers.
The optimal launch day of the first mission to the moon in the history of modern Russia has been named
According to a RIA Novosti source, the optimal day for launching the unmanned Luna-25 mission is July 23. Previously, May of next year was called as the planned start date.
The winner of the Leaders of Russia contest has created a private space company
Novy Kosmos will create small satellites
Anton Alekseev, the winner of one of the stages of the Leaders of Russia competition, has created a new private space company that will create small satellites. This was reported on Monday in the press service of the competition.
Three new domestic communications satellites "Gonets" are ready to be sent to the cosmodrome
As reported in Roscosmos, the launch is planned to be carried out in 2022
The batch of three new domestic communications satellites "Messenger" is fully ready. This was reported on Monday in the press service of Roscosmos.
Cross-flights will solve the problem with the possible absence of US representatives on the ISS - NASA
The cross-flights of American astronauts on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft and Russians on SpaceX Dragon ships to the International Space Station (ISS) will solve the problem with the possible absence of US representatives on the station, Joel Montalbano, head of NASA's ISS program, said during a teleconference.
Russian cosmonaut became head of the ISS
European Space Agency astronaut Tom Peske handed over command of the International Space Station (ISS) to Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, according to the Roscosmos website.
Chinese cosmonauts at the orbital station conducted emergency evacuation exercises
They worked out the steps to exit the main module of the Tianhe into the return capsule of the Shenzhou-13 manned spacecraft
Cosmonauts of the Chinese orbital station conducted emergency evacuation exercises in case of an unforeseen collision with an object. This was announced on Sunday by the Administration of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China.
The first crew of the Chinese National Space Station has fully recovered after returning to Earth - CMSA
The taikonauts of the first manned mission on China's Shenzhou-12 national space station under construction have undergone a recovery course after spending three months in space and have adapted to Earth conditions again, the China Manned Flight Program Administration (CMSA) reported on Saturday.
Intuitive Machines has decided on the landing site of the lunar drilling rig
NASA and the private company Intuitive Machines have announced that they have chosen a landing site for the Nova-C lander, which will go into space at the end of 2022. It will deliver a drilling rig and an experimental communication system from Nokia to the area near the Shackleton crater in the southern polar region of the Moon, according to NASA's website.
The US administration will outline priorities in space at a meeting of the profile council
US Vice President Kamala Harris noted that the meeting of the interdepartmental National Space Council is scheduled for December 1
The US administration intends to highlight key areas of work in space, including in the military sphere, at a meeting of the relevant council next month. This was stated on Friday by US Vice President Kamala Harris, speaking at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt (Maryland).
Russian scientists have begun testing a device for geological exploration of the Moon from orbit
The first samples of the gamma and neutron spectrometer were produced by the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Space Research Institute (ICI) RAS has produced the first samples of gamma- and neutron spectrometer (LGNS) for exploration of the Moon from orbit and is working on them. This was reported to TASS by Igor Mitrofanov, head of the Department of Nuclear Planetology of the ICI.
NASA intends to launch three satellites in 2027 to study tropical storms
Such space projects will increase preparedness for various natural disasters on Earth, the department noted
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) intends to launch three satellites in 2027 to study tropical storms and thunderstorms from space. This was announced by the director of the department Bill Nelson, speaking on Friday at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt (Maryland).
The "bioequipage" of flies that flew to the ISS will help the reproduction of Russian men
The Russian "bioequipage" of fruit flies that flew into space can help develop a means to increase reproductive function in men. This was told to RIA Novosti by Professor, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Head of the Laboratory of Cell Biophysics at the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences Irina Ogneva.
The launch of the Crew-3 mission to the ISS was postponed again
The flight will take place no earlier than November 10
The dispatch of the third crew on the Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) has been postponed until at least November 10 due to the later return of the second crew of this project. This was announced on Friday by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN: The West does not support Moscow's space initiatives because of politics
Andrei Belousov noted that Western opponents in criticizing Russian approaches to preventing an arms race do not say anything new and "cling to arguments that have long been refuted"
Western countries do not support Russian initiatives in the UN on outer space for political reasons and are trying to bring their projects to the fore at their expense.
Russia will spend more than 70 million rubles to participate in Dubai Airshow-2021
Roscosmos and Irkut Corporation (part of the UAC) will spend over 70 million rubles in total to participate in the Dubai Airshow-2021 International Aerospace Exhibition in the UAE, it follows from information on public procurement.
A court in the United States rejected Blue Origin's lawsuit against NASA over a contract to develop a lunar module
The space agency promised to continue cooperation with American companies in order to stimulate competition in the preparation of manned missions to the Moon
A court in the United States has rejected a lawsuit by Jeff Bezos-owned company Blue Origin against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This is stated in a message distributed on Thursday by NASA.
The manager of the SIRIUS-2021 project said that participants can withdraw from it at any time
The most important issue that stands in the first place within the 240-day isolation experiment is the safety of the crew, said Mark Belakovsky
Participants of the 240-day SIRIUS isolation experiment can withdraw from it at any time without explanation. This was told to TASS by the chief project manager Mark Belakovsky.
