The US military is watching the new space object, which in the Western media has already been called the new Russian "satellite killer." In particular, it informs the Russian news agency ...

On November 17, on Monday, the media spread the information that Russia could acquire its own orbital station in the near future. Relevant material was submitted ...

A series of successful space launches carried out by commercial companies were interrupted by two catastrophes that occurred in late October. We tried to figure out what constitutes a private ...

November 1 leadership GKNPTs them. Khrunichev reported that the new Angara A5 heavy launch vehicle - the world's first rocket, made according to the modular principle (formed as a designer), has passed ...

Americans for spaceflight have something besides a trampoline. And where is our new generation of ship? Five years ago, at the International Air Show in Zhukovsky, visitors saw a mock Russian ...

In mid-October, NASA officially confirmed the fact that the two former hangar for space shuttles, located on the territory of the Kennedy Space Center, will be used in the framework of the secret military ...

Domestic astronauts should be trained not to work on the ISS, but for expeditions to the Moon and Mars. So says the deputy head of the Cosmonautics Training Center (CPC) for scientific work, Boris ...

In the near future, the creation of the Unified Space System (CEN), designed to track the launch of ballistic missiles and protect Russia from a nuclear missile strike, will begin. Part of the existing ...

The surface area of ​​the Red Planet is approximately 145 million square kilometers. Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine how difficult it is for scientists to determine where to plant the next one ...

July 9 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome passed the first test launch of the new Russian launch vehicle Angara-1.2PP. Start performed the calculation of the aerospace defense forces. The rocket successfully executed ...

At the present time it has become very relevant topic of satellite images. This topic attracts the attention of ordinary people. A surge of interest followed after a terrible catastrophe that occurred in the sky over the Donbas ...

India was among the space superpowers. Indian scientists managed to solve a very difficult task - they brought their own satellite to the Martian orbit. As a result, India became the first country in ...

The global navigation satellite system (GLONASS) began to be developed back in the USSR on the order of the country's defense ministry. The satellites of this system are put into orbit from October 12 1982 of the year ....

Several foreign private companies are currently working on projects for launch vehicles and spacecraft. It is expected that "private owners" due to similar projects in the future will be able ...

In early August, the management of the State Space Research and Production Center (GKNPT) them. Mv Khrunichev. The purpose of the appointment of new leaders was the restoration of the ...

We said above that Angara aims to at least “squeeze out” three classes of launch vehicles. This is already impressive. Moreover, the conquest of at least some niche in the orbital space is already “golden ...”

On July 9, 2014, a significant event took place, which will be a landmark not only for the Fatherland, but also for the entire global space. From the Plesetsk cosmodrome for the first time in the world ...

In the previous chapter, we very thoroughly and with illustrative examples dismantled the basic postulates of the great Russian design school, which are excellent in space design. But...

Now, dear reader, we are forced to temporarily move away from the main theme of our narrative. We will not advance a bit in the understanding of rocket technology until we reflect on a number of issues. Can...

In Russia, they returned to the idea of ​​creating a rocket carrier of a super heavy class, with the help of which our country will be able to fly to the Moon and Mars. However, currently still missing ...