News archive on the topic "NASA"

Roscosmos today decided to stop supplies of rocket engines from NPO Energomash to the United States. Roscosmos General Director Dmitry Rogozin stated this on the Rossiya-24 TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Let me remind you that these deliveries have been active since the mid-90s. These are the RD-180 engines, on which the Atlas-5 rocket flies as a sustainer, and the RD-181, which is used in the first stage...

The American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) continues to have constructive relations with its Russian colleagues. The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda. The publication asked what the state of relations with NASA is today, given that the United States has imposed sanctions against Russian space enterprises, in particular TsNIIMash, which includes...

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected 11 companies to conduct research and produce prototype ships for its Artemis lunar exploration program, PolitNavigator reports. This was reported on the NASA website. “To accelerate our return to the moon, we are challenging traditional ways of doing business. We will simplify everything: from procurement to partnerships...

On January 10, TASS was authorized to announce: The US National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) has officially asked Roscosmos to develop a version of the Soyuz spacecraft for flights to the Moon. As Dmitry Rogozin, general director of the Roscosmos state corporation, said in an interview with the federal TV channel Rossiya-24, “the Americans are asking to develop a version of the Soyuz capable of reaching the Moon and back,...

“The Chinese lunar rover Chang’e-4 made a soft landing on the far side of the Moon,” all news agencies on the planet reported on January 3, citing the central Chinese media. This is not the first landing on a satellite planet of a mobile automatic station, but the event is still unique: before “Jade Hare - 4”, not a single Earth research vehicle had ever landed on an invisible satellite...

All the presidents of Square loved to describe in public how Ukraine blossomed and sprouted under their skillful leadership. A special place in their stories was occupied by stories about Ukrainian high-tech and the space industry in particular. It’s as if they personally built this industry out of nothing, from scratch, and they didn’t get it from the damned commies, like the general’s orderly stolen by a corporal...

The US and Russia will continue to work together in space, despite political differences between Moscow and Washington. The new head of the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jim Bridenstine, spoke about this in an interview with Kommersant, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The publication asked him to answer a question about the risks that the current tensions in relations between Moscow and Washington...

From April next year, American astronauts will not be able to use the services of Russian spacecraft to deliver them aboard the International Space Station. This was reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent with reference to Reedus. So, in 2019, the contract concluded between NASA and Roscosmos expires. Next, the American space agency will deliver its astronauts on ships of its own production. "Landing...

The second launch of the super-heavy launch vehicle Falcon Heavy will launch an atomic clock into extraterrestrial orbit commissioned by NASA, which will enable space navigation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Livescience reports this. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte According to the message, the Falcon Heavy rocket is capable of launching 64 tons of cargo into space, far beyond the limits of the earth's orbit. Next launch...

America is returning to the moon! This is the main content of the memorandum signed on December 11, 2017 by the American President. The document was published on the White House website and talks about the preparation of a new series of American manned flights to the Moon. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte. It is symbolic that the memorandum was signed and published exactly 45 years later...

In California, at a US Air Force base, an Atlas V launch vehicle with the NROL-42 satellite was launched for the National Office of Military Space Intelligence (NUVKR), a PolitNavigator correspondent reports with reference to NASA Spaceflight. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte The launch took place at the Vandenberg base on Saturday, September 23 at 22:49 p.m. Pacific time. It was planned to launch another...

On January 16, astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last earthling to walk on the surface of the Moon, passed away. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte. NASA website reports this. Cernan, 82, died surrounded by his family. In 1966, he became the second American to work outside of a spacecraft. Then he made two lunar expeditions -...

On New Year's Eve, residents of the eastern hemisphere, in particular Ukrainians, will be able to see a comet in the sky near the Moon. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This was reported by CNN with reference to NASA “Even if you are not a fan of New Year’s fireworks, you will have another reason to look at the sky on New Year’s Eve. NASA reported...

Specialists from the American space agency NASA have discovered a giant asteroid that will approach Earth at a record close distance on October 31. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte Interfax reports this. The agency's report says that the speed of the celestial body is unusually high - 35 km/s. Researchers noted that the asteroid will pass 499 thousand kilometers...