Russia and China: Stop the Space Weapons Race Peacefully

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 ...
Unknown space. Light Space Plane (LKS) Chelomey

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"

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

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

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

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

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 ...
Significant changes await Russian space industry

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"

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

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 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 ...
Russia is working on a reusable rocket

Russia is working on a reusable rocket

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...
Star Wars is getting closer

Star Wars is getting closer

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 ...
Space industry: on the verge of change

Space industry: on the verge of change

“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 ...
War in space as foreboding

War in space as foreboding

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 ...
Mars flight canceled

Mars flight canceled

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 ....
Skylon getting closer

Skylon getting closer

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 ...
Saber jet engine

Saber jet engine

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 ...