Command of the US space forces. Structure and weapons of the future
Following the instructions of President Trump, the Pentagon forms cosmic forces. The US military has made part of the plans and is preparing for their implementation. What is known about future space forces ...
The militarization of space is the next step for the United States. SpaceX and lasers in orbit
International arms limitation treaties are crumbling one after another. Is the inevitable militarization of space coming and who will be its instigator? What weapons can be placed in orbit and ...
"James Webb": what will see the most advanced telescope in the world
Now there is no project more important for world astronomy. The new telescope "James Webb" can answer many questions related to the device of the universe ...
The project of reusable spacecraft from JSC "ISON"
In Russia, a new project of a reusable spacecraft is being created that is capable of solving various problems of a scientific and commercial nature. Some necessary work has already been done, and in the beginning ...
Reusable booster "Corona"
Russia had and still has its own development of reusable rockets, about which much less is known than about the SpaceX projects. Why? Because our rockets are only drawings and beautiful pictures! ...
Russian military put into orbit "Tundra"
The new Tundra satellites were developed with the participation of the Kometa Central Research Institute (payload module) and the Energia rocket and space corporation (platform development) ...
How do satellites shoot down?
Modern armies have a critical dependence on satellites for various purposes. Spacecraft in orbits become the priority target of the enemy. But it’s not so easy to disable them ...
SLS Heavyweight. American astronauts rush to Mars. Ending
The paradox of the SLS program is that the technical requirements for the launch vehicle and the Orion ship are presented, but the list of flight targets has not yet been compiled. The US Senate is torn between the Moon, Mars and ...
SLS Heavyweight. American astronauts rush to Mars. Part of 2
The development of one rocket within the framework of the SLS project is estimated at an amount in excess of 35 billion dollars. And the first manned flight to Mars is planned only in 2033. In American society, there is ...
Astronauts have sat down, and the accident presses on NASA
On October 11, the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle was unable to send the Soyuz MS-10 space vehicle with two astronauts on board. According to the foreign press, the missile crash was a blow not only to ...
SLS Heavyweight. American astronauts rush to Mars. Part of 1
The Space Launch System is a US national project aimed at manned flights to the Moon and Mars. The Americans' super program is designed to give them back ...
Yuri Kondratyuk. An enthusiast who paved the way to the moon
The exploration of outer space began in the fifties of the last century, but the theoretical basis for it was laid even earlier. One of the pioneers in this area was Yuri Kondratyuk, ...
"DynaSoar" and "Spiral". Successes and failures of the first spaceplanes
The theme of spaceplanes has long been of interest to designers and potential operators, and significant successes have already been achieved. However, not all projects in this area led to the desired results, and ...
Tricky comments. In perspective space without Russia
Three words on the next US project in space. Naturally, without Russia ...
Anti-missile scam in the "shop on the couch"
Information from Bill Hertz: The Pentagon is studying the creation of space-based interceptor missiles and tracking spacecraft to counter Russian and Chinese threats ...
The National Interest: the threat of Russian killer satellites
Outer space interests the military, which leads to the emergence of special technology. New satellites, in turn, attract the attention of specialists and the press. The National Interest Edition ...
Reincarnation of the Soviet project. In Russia, thinking about the revival of a giant rocket
A model of the Russian super-heavy space rocket will be shown at the Army-2018 forum in late August. The creators of the new rocket can take the Soviet rocket “Energy” as a basis ...
Russian challenge to Ilona Mask. S7 Space Company
LLC S7 Space Transport Systems (abbreviated as S7 Space) is the first private company in Russia, the main activity of which is launching rockets and launching space ...
How the Americans shot down a Soviet satellite
Echoes of the 1962 Caribbean crisis were heard throughout the world. The nuclear war was prevented, but the United States and the USSR did not stop work on creating means of destroying each other ...
American flying saucers Lenticular ReEntry Vehicle: where are they hidden?
LRV orbital bombers could have provided absolute US dominion in the world, but they remained an extremely courageous, expensive and impracticable project. Or is it not quite like that? ...
New breakthrough: Russia will catch up with the Soviet "Buran"
Is Russia going to catch up with Soviet technology? Yes. In the state quite seriously expect to compete with Ilona Mask. Roscosmos intends to create an ultralight rocket-space system ...
"Bird Ruh" unknown destination
The last squeak of the American concept of air launch, the carrier plane Scaled Composites Model 351 Roc ("Bird of Ruh") from the end of 2017, began ground tests ...
The moon race continues!
The lunar exploration programs, which were simultaneously curtailed in the Soviet Union and the United States as early as the middle of the 1970, are again becoming popular and in demand ...
Published “Draft design of the orbit monitoring system of the E-1 object”
The automatic interplanetary stations of the E-1 "Luna" series are well known. But some information about the project remained closed. The Russian space industry has published the most interesting historical ...