Work continues on the promising liquid rocket engine RD-171MV. The prototype engine is ready and will soon be tested; the layout was shown to the general public. All events within the new ...

Russia sent the first humanoid robotic complex to the ISS. A new era begins in the history of Russian cosmonautics, associated with the introduction of fundamentally new systems and products ....

It is planned to use the Vulcan launch vehicle as a launch vehicle. The main difference between the new Dream Chaser spacecraft from the Shuttle and the Soviet Buran will be folding wings ...

According to recent reports, the development of a project for a promising transport and energy module based on a nuclear power propulsion system has been completed in our country. In the future, such a product ...

Fashion trend. By the 1 of September 2019, President Macron plans to create a Space Command as part of the Air Force, and then, after Russia, rename the Air Force as a VKS ...

The orbital observatory "Spektr-RG" went to plow the endless expanses of space. The Russian heavy carrier rocket Proton-M launched a unique telescope into space ...

In 1967-2019 produced by 145 launches of "Unions". For our country, the ships "Soyuz" are of great importance. This component is first Soviet, and then Russian manned cosmonautics ...

The greatest success in the study of Venus was achieved by the Soviet Union. The first spacecraft to Venus were sent in 1961 year, and a large-scale research program lasted until the middle of 1980-x ...

Missiles and spaceplanes can be returned to earth in various ways. An extremely interesting and original, but hopeless variant of the landing complex was developed and patented by the American ...

The PIO program, which Ronald Reagan talked about, was called Hollywood Star Wars. The Soviet Union was involved in another round of the arms race. In response, the USSR worked ...

China is building up its military potential in the space sphere, and this activity naturally arouses the concerns of third countries. The first concern is Washington, which is to ...

Russia celebrates 12 on April, the Day of Cosmonautics. As you know, the first person to fly into space was the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin ...

In the middle of the last century, the concept of a nuclear rocket engine for rocket and space systems was proposed. Leading powers have developed their versions of such devices. In our country, the result ...

New Delhi strengthens its position in the club of space superpowers. The Indian leadership announced the successful testing of anti-satellite missiles ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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! ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...