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 ...
Flying robots to study the surface of Mars
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 ...
In the future, the ISS may become a repair and refueling base for spacecraft.
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 ...
What is the cosmos silent
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 main center of space exploration celebrated its 25 anniversary
The Space Monitoring System (SCS) is a special strategic system whose main task is to monitor artificial Earth satellites and other space objects ....
Scientists have shared the prospects of interstellar flights
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 ...
Swiss mini-shuttle SOAR
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...
The future of the Russian military space
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...
A strange photo of the surface of the moon from "Chang'e-2"
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 ...
The real fight for the Russian rocket engine RD-180 unfolded in the USA
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 its longest space mission
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 ...
Exoskeleton for jumping from space
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 ...
Angara launch vehicle: getting closer to the stars
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" ...
We fell from a height of 192 km and reported on this.
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 ...
Features of food for astronauts
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 space in a spiral
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 ...
The world has a second private space carrier
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, ...
NASA to choose between asteroid exploration and lunar base
The US will have to make a choice between the creation of a lunar base and the development of asteroids. According to US President Barack Obama, each of these programs will be very expensive, so choose ...
Gagarin looks at Roscosmos ... Problems and plans of the Federal Space Agency
12 April we celebrated the 52-th anniversary of the first manned space flight. This date itself - 12 April 1961 of the year - became a kind of milestone, which allowed us to announce to the world unprecedented ...
Astronautics. Step over the abyss
In 1973, the working group of the British Interplanetary Society proceeded to design the appearance of an interstellar spacecraft capable in unmanned mode to overcome 6 light years and ...
Miniaturization - a new trend of cosmonautics
In the United States published a report with a commercial forecast of the development of the global market for military satellites. In 2012, this segment of the space industry was estimated at 11,8 billion. The authors of the report ...
Popovkin told the senators about the space threat and space debris
12 March 2013 of the year in the Federation Council held a round table on the theme "On the development of measures to ensure planetary security against space risks and threats." A report to the senators made ...
Space debris
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite of Earth into space, thus opening a new era in the history of mankind - the era of space exploration. Over the years that have passed since the 50 years ...
Rocket H-1 - "Tsar-rocket"
The super-heavy carrier rocket N-1 was nicknamed "Tsar Rocket" for its large dimensions (starting weight of almost 2500 tons, height - 110 meters), as well as the goals set during work on it. The rocket should ...