The surface area of ​​the Red Planet is approximately 145 million square kilometers. Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine how difficult it is for scientists to determine where to plant the next one ...

July 9 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome passed the first test launch of the new Russian launch vehicle Angara-1.2PP. Start performed the calculation of the aerospace defense forces. The rocket successfully executed ...

Currently, the topic of satellite images has become very relevant. This topic attracts the attention of ordinary people. A surge of interest followed after a terrible catastrophe that happened in the sky above ...

India was among the space superpowers. Indian scientists managed to solve a very difficult task - they brought their own satellite to the Martian orbit. As a result, India became the first country in ...

The global navigation satellite system (GLONASS) began to be developed back in the USSR on the order of the country's defense ministry. The satellites of this system are put into orbit from October 12 1982 of the year ....

Several foreign private companies are currently working on projects for launch vehicles and spacecraft. It is expected that "private owners" due to similar projects in the future will be able ...

In early August, the leadership of the State Space Research and Production Center (GKNPTs) named after V.I. M.V. Khrunichev. The purpose of appointing new leaders was to rebuild ...

We said above that Angara aims to at least “squeeze out” three classes of launch vehicles. This is already impressive. Moreover, the conquest of at least some niche in the orbital space is already “golden ...”

On July 9, 2014, a significant event took place, which will be a landmark not only for the Fatherland, but also for the entire global space. From the Plesetsk cosmodrome for the first time in the world ...

In the previous chapter, we very thoroughly and with illustrative examples dismantled the basic postulates of the great Russian design school, which are excellent in space design. But...

Now, dear reader, we are forced to temporarily move away from the main theme of our narrative. We will not advance a bit in the understanding of rocket technology until we reflect on a number of issues. Can...

In Russia, they returned to the idea of ​​creating a rocket carrier of a super heavy class, with the help of which our country will be able to fly to the Moon and Mars. However, currently still missing ...

Now it becomes clear why for many years an absolute monopoly on the delivery of astronauts to the ISS was given to the Soyuz spacecraft - the legendary royal seven. It is difficult to find epithets ...

I must say that the Zenit launch vehicle was more fortunate in this regard. Yes, the Energia-Buran space program was closed, but we have Zenit, which was ...

Today, the economic collapse in Ukraine is spoken a lot and often, and somehow in this gigantic stream of necessary and unnecessary information, the rocket and space industry of this state is lost. It is from ...

The American aerospace agency NASA is going to abandon the use of Russian manned transport spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA" in favor of similar vehicles of its own production ...

Hypersonic flight experimental US space drone XS-1 (Experimental Spaceplane 1) is scheduled for the end of 2017 or the beginning of 2018 year. DARPA - Agency of Advanced ...

The space history of mankind will lose more and more details every decade. The more success we will achieve, the less significant the achievements will be very important ...

The West has long been discussing various options for toughening sanctions against Russia because of the crisis in Ukraine. So far, only the United States has gone for the introduction of sanctions, which are not limited to ...

The United States had plans to deploy a military base on the moon with reconnaissance functions and a permanent garrison to protect it from possible attack. The approximate cost of the project that started ...

The likely adversary is doomed to hold a perimeter defense. Today, no one doubts that the defense doctrines of the leading states are military-space. Strategic American concept ...

Friendship between Russia and the PRC is strengthening every day. Collaboration between countries has become more intense after the end of May 2014, China visited Vladimir Putin. The main ...

The newest Russian rocket "Angara", which should become the first domestic carrier of its own design, is not yet ready. "Angara", the launch of which was to be held first on Wednesday 25 ...

Last week, in the late evening of June 19, the Russian-Ukrainian launch vehicle Dnepr launched 33 small satellites from the 17 countries of the world right into orbit. This launch means that the US and the new authorities are ...