China and India have divided the Moon and Mars
Once, the Americans watched in amazement as the USSR exploded into space, and could not understand how it happened that they were overtaken by a country that had recently been in ruins after a terrible war. On...
SWARM satellites will study the Earth’s core
Three European scientific satellites of the SWARM project were successfully launched from the Russian Plesetsk cosmodrome 22 November 2013, with the conversion rocket carrier Rokot equipped with a booster block ...
Forty-fifth Expedition to Mars
18 November 2013 was launched from Cape Canaveral by launching the Atlas-V launch vehicle from the MAVEN automatic interplanetary station designed to study the atmosphere of Mars. All systems ...
The lessons of the Buran. Will the Russian space shuttle ever fly
The 205 minutes of the "Buran" spacecraft's flight became a deafening sensation. And the main thing is the landing. For the first time in the world, a Soviet shuttle landed in automatic mode. American shuttles never did this ...
Was Lunex better than Apollo?
The “satellite crisis” following the historic launch of 1957 of the year spawned not only the Apollo, but also the not so well-known program of the USAF 1958 – 1961. In many ways, it seems no less ...
Our path lay across the moon ...
“... In ancient times, people peered into the sky in order to see the images of their heroes among the constellations. Since then, much has changed: people of flesh and blood have become our heroes. They will be followed by others and ...
Extraterrestrial Form of Death
Looking at a shooting star, do not rush to make a wish. Human whims are not always good. And shooting stars also do not always bring joy: many of them do not know how to fulfill desires, ...
H1 Superracket - a failed breakthrough
Last year, Roskosmos announced a tender for the development of a heavy-class rocket based on the existing Angara project, which, among other things, could deliver a manned spacecraft to the moon ....
Space Kamikaze. 45 years ago, for the first time, the Soyuz spacecraft was successfully flown with a man aboard
October 26 The ship was piloted by an unusual cosmonaut in October 1968 - already a Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Test Pilot of the USSR, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, in particular, fighting on ...
Space systems of the US military communications: analysis of the state and development
About the concept of military space communication systems implemented in the USA, as well as the ever-growing contribution of satellite systems to the solution of reconnaissance, communication, radio navigation and ...
Russia and China: Stop the Space Weapons Race Peacefully
Russia and China are preparing for consideration by the UN a draft resolution prohibiting the placement of weapons in space. Diplomats formulate the title of the document as “measures of transparency (lack of secrecy) and ...
Cosmonautics has a limitless future, and its prospects are endless, like the Universe itself (S. P. Korolev)
October is the month of space travel. October 4 1957 of the year the royal “seven” carried the “Sputnik-1” into the velvet-black sky of Baikonur, opening the Space Age in the history of our civilization. Since...
Unknown space. Light Space Plane (LKS) Chelomey
The topic of space exploration in the USSR has always been top-secret. Fortunately, today the veil of mystery is lifted ... For example, similar mystery of the vital over the works of an outstanding designer ...
American space plane X-24, the program "START"
In 1960 years, the theme of spaceplanes was very popular. In various countries, these programs have evolved in many ways. One of them was the American program START - Spacecraft Technology and ...
Release of Buran-type spacecraft may resume in Russia
As part of the Russian Arms Expo-2013 exhibition in Nizhny Tagil, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin made a sensational statement that the issue of spacecraft could be resumed in the country ...
Photo of the Earth from a distance 6 billion kilometers
Arena of human passions. Progress beam and gray dusk of everyday life. Jerusalem and Mecca of all religions. Crusades, rivers of blood. Kings, courtiers, slaves. The illusion of grandeur and power. Villainy, war and ...
Uralkriomash: into space from Nizhny Tagil
Nizhny Tagil, where the parent company, Uralvagonzavod Scientific Production Corporation OJSC, is located, is the birthplace of the first steam locomotive and the largest supplier of rolling stock for ...
Flying fuselage Northrop M2-F2 and HL-10
Northrop HL-10 is one of the 5 aircraft of the NASA Edwards Flight Research Center (Dryda, California). These machines were built to examine and test the capabilities of a safe ...
The workhorse of the Russian cosmonautics in the XXI century
The basis of modern Russian cosmonautics is the Soyuz and Proton rockets, which were created in the middle of the last century. Almost everything that launches into space from Russian cosmodromes ...
Significant changes await Russian space industry
The disaster on the air was a serious blow to the entire Russian space industry. We are talking about the accident of the Proton-M rocket with three GLONASS satellites on board, which occurred on July 2 2013 ...
Russia is working on the creation of "Air start"
In 2-3 years, the Russian aeronautical rocket complex for space purposes, being developed as part of the Air Launch project, can conduct the first tests. The last one for today ...
China Space Program and International Concerns
Currently, about fifty states of the world have their own space program and exploit their own space vehicles for various purposes. 37 states at least once ...
NASA is going to catch an asteroid
NASA experts are going to catch a real asteroid for its detailed and comprehensive study. The American Aerospace Agency revealed some details of the upcoming unique ...
In place of the "Union". Creating a new Russian manned spacecraft is the task of the current decade.
The SP Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia from the first launch into space of 12 on April 1961 of the manned spacecraft Vostok with Yuri Gagarin on board is carrying out development work ...