After a loud enough rash of accidents involving Russian Proton missiles, one could even say that it was indecent to write about the real situation in the space industry. But...

In outer space is becoming more closely. Nowadays, only operating satellites are in near-earth orbit around 1000, not to mention various space debris. Satellites ...

“It seems that something is going wrong”, - said the presenter of the news program of the federal channel, looking at the live launch of the Proton-M launch vehicle flashing flat to the ground. Spectacular shots of the disaster ...

Outer space is characterized by many aspects of use and military - is no exception. A single satellite image may contain overview information equal to one thousand images taken during ...

The Great Space Odyssey of the 20th century turned into a cruel farce — a series of clumsy attempts to escape from its “cradle”, and a black abyss of lifeless space opened up before man ....

The originality of this event was noted by both specialists and the general public interested in space travel. April 21 from the Wallops Island Testing Center in Virginia ...

Skylon (Rus. Skylon) is the name of a promising project submitted by the company Reaction Engines Limited. Within the framework of this project, in the near future, an unmanned vehicle can be created ...

The UK government has announced that it is ready to invest 60 million pounds (almost 3 billion rubles) in the project of the private company Reaction Engines. The engineers of this company ...

At present, the surface of Mars is investigated using special orbital stations, as well as stationary modules or low-speed rovers. Between these research vehicles there is ...

Despite the recent crash of the Proton-M launch vehicle, active work continues in the framework of the Russian space program. For example, as it became known the other day, already this year astronauts, in ...

1 December 2009 of the year the UFO Department at the Department of Defense of the United Kingdom stopped its work. According to a popular statement by officials, the reason for closing the UFO desk ...

The Space Monitoring System (SCS) is a special strategic system whose main task is to monitor artificial Earth satellites and other space objects ....

Scientists say that with small steps mankind is moving towards a future in which flights from one planetary system to another will finally become a reality. According to the latest estimates ...

The Swiss airline Swissair, operating all over the world, is today one of the largest and most reliable carriers not only in Europe, but also in the world. Wherein...

Recently, the past tense is often spoken about the Russian space and its prospects, recalling the successes and glory of the past years and paying attention only to the recent failures. Despite...

More than 40 years have passed since the first man came to the surface of the natural earth satellite, but until now the debate about how full-bodied the explorations of the Moon were, and whether everything ...

Two large space companies from the United States continue to quarrel over the Russian rocket engine RD-180, which is produced in the Moscow region at NPO Energomash and is intended for launch vehicles ...

China launched the Long March 2F launch vehicle with the Shenzhou-10 apparatus (Shenzhou-10) on board, which will have to dock with the Tiangong-1 orbital scientific module. The launch was ...

The film "Iron Man" inspired developers to design a suit that would be suitable for jumping from space. The costume of the future or the exoskeleton for jumping from space received the designation RL MARK ...

The construction of the technical complex for launching the "Angara" carrier rockets is entering its final stage. The launch of a new generation of missiles is guaranteed to take place before the end of 2014. Launch vehicle "Angara" ...

At that moment, when the engine of the last stage ceases to work, an extraordinary sensation of lightness begins - as if you fall out of the seat of the chair and hang on the seat belts. Stops ...

In childhood, any Soviet boy dreamed of becoming an astronaut. And only one in a million had such a dream come true. One of the main barriers that stood in the way of those who wanted to conquer ...

In the middle of the last century, manned jet aircraft, gradually mastering new speeds and heights, were able to come close to the threshold of space. The first successes were achieved by the Americans: 14 ...

Last Sunday, April 21, the new American launch vehicle Antares made its first launch from the MARS space center in Virginia. Spaceport, located on the island of Wallops, ...