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The Falcon 9 stage made its hundredth landing
SpaceNews: In December, SpaceX landed the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket for the hundredth time
The first stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket after launching in December with the Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) made its hundredth landing, SpaceNews reports.
Cosmonauts returning from the ISS will be left at the landing site for a couple of days - IMBP RAS
The purpose of the experiment is to check how many tasks can be completed after landing on another planet
One of the space crews who returned to earth is planned to be left at the landing site for several days to practice landing on another planet, the deputy director of the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IMBP) told reporters RAN Oleg Kotov.
Medical requirements for space flights have become more loyal - IMBP RAS
Now people with fractures and poor eyesight can fly into space
The medical requirements imposed on participants of short-term space flights have greatly decreased in recent years, the deputy director of the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IMBP) told reporters RAN Oleg Kotov.
In the Southern Military District, 10 thousand soldiers returned from field training
More than 10 thousand servicemen of the Southern Military District will return to their places of permanent deployment from field exercises that took place at the training grounds of the Crimea, Astrakhan, Volgograd and Rostov regions, as well as the Krasnodar Territory.
In Russia, they remembered the dropping of bombs from the IL-76
RIA Novosti: IL-76 aircraft can be used for bombing
During the war in Afghanistan, the IL-76 heavy military transport aircraft was used to drop bombs, RIA Novosti recalls.
A gathering of the Black Sea Fleet command staff with a training landing of marines took place in Crimea
The Russian military held a gathering of the command staff of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) in Crimea with exercises of ships and marines, the navy said on Saturday.
Two newest ships of the Black Sea Fleet entered the Mediterranean Sea
Two newest vessels in August of this year, which became part of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, passed the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea. This was announced by the head of the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet, Captain 2nd rank Alexey Rulev.
Baltflot conducted an exercise to combat drones with the help of "Shells"
The Baltic Fleet of Russia conducted an exercise to eliminate helicopters and drones of a conditional enemy with the help of anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S", the press service of the fleet reported on Saturday.
Chemezov called the creation of the MS-21 aircraft a victory over sanctions
The newest MS-21-300 airliner with a wing made of polymer composites of Russian production proved to be worthy. This was stated by the head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov on Saturday, December 25.
The James Webb telescope was launched from the Kourou Cosmodrome
The long-awaited launch of the James Webb Space Telescope orbital infrared Observatory took place. It is considered as a replacement for the Hubble telescope, launched into orbit in 1990.
The US compared the combat aircraft of Russia and Ukraine
The Drive: the military aviation of Ukraine can hardly compare with the Russian
In a hypothetical air battle with each other, Ukraine and Russia can use many identical aircraft models, but in completely different quantities. A comparison of the military aviation of the two countries was carried out by the American edition of The Drive.
The world's largest space telescope for studying the Universe has been put into orbit
The Ariane V heavy rocket on Saturday launched the world's largest and most powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWTS) worth $ 10 billion into orbit to study the processes of evolution of the Universe, the Arianespace carrier development company said.
Published a video of the rescue of the navigator shot down in 2015 in Syria Su-24M
The author's Program of Alexander Rogatkin published on VGTRK on its YouTube channel posted footage of the rescue of Konstantin Murakhtin, the navigator of a Russian Su-24M bomber shot down by a Turkish fighter on November 24, 2015 in Syria.
Macron called the launch of the James Webb telescope into space a historic event
The French President stressed that he was filled with a sense of pride
French President Emmanuel Macron said that the launch of the James Webb orbital telescope into space will forever remain one of the key events in the history of space exploration.
Navy Commander-in-Chief: "Generalissimo Suvorov" is our strategic argument
Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, the commander-in-chief of the Navy, called the fourth-generation nuclear-powered submarines the focus of military and scientific power, which one after another enter the Russian fleet, are being built rhythmically and are being tested.
210th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment received a new set of S-400 anti-aircraft missile system
On December 23, 2021, the 210th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment (Dmitrov, Moscow region) received a new set of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system.
A new set was delivered to the 210th ZRP to replace the retired match. During the strategic exercises "West-2021", the regiment was transferred to Belarus, from where it returned without its match - at least one division of the S-400 air defense system remained for the development of the Belarusian air defense forces.
The first launch of OneWeb satellites in 2022 is scheduled for February
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.
Serial production of Armata has been launched in Russia
Rostec announced the launch of serial production of the T-14 Armata tank
Rostec State Corporation announced the launch of serial production of the T-14 tank on the Armata platform. Vladimir Artyakov, the first deputy director of the state corporation, said this in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel, Interfax reports.
The most expensive telescope launched into space has corrected its course
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.
Roscosmos congratulated on the launch of the James Webb space telescope
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.
