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29.09 11:28 First new intercontinental ballistic missile test ends in failure

The first test of a new ballistic missile for Russia’s strategic forces failed. The test took place at spaceport Plesetsk.

04.08 15:02 Renowned geographer Andrei Kapitsa, 80, dies in Moscow

The renowned physicist, member of RAS, chair of the environmental management sub-department at the Department of Geography at Moscow State University, Doctor of Science, Andrei Kapitsa died on 2 August in Moscow.

15.07 16:15 Soyuz-2 successfully delivers six U.S. communications satellites into orbit

The upper stage ‘Frigate’ of the revamped launch vehicle Soyuz-2.1a, which was launched on Wednesday at 6:27 Moscow time from Baikonur, has successfully placed six U.S. communications satellites Globalstar-2 into orbit, said a Federal Space Agency spokesman. "The control over the satellites has already been transferred to the customer. Thus, the Russian part of the program of delivering the Globalstar-2 satellites into the orbit is completed", said the space agency representative.

07.07 11:53 Cassini spacecraft captures colossal Saturn storm

The storm of unprecedented scale unseen since 1990 has been raging on Saturn for several months. Recently, this powerful atmospheric disturbance grew in size and intensity and now covers an area of four billion square kilometers. Since 1876, astronomers have observed only five such megastorms on Saturn.

06.07 10:51 Russia builds craft to clear space debris

In the near future, Russia is going to get a new unique manned spacecraft. The space-rocket corporation Energy has already embarked on its development.

05.07 17:36 Russia, Norway to build Mistrals together

Norwegian and Russian designers have agreed to cooperate. The engineers of the Moscow Design Bureau Compass and the Norwegian company L-3 Valmarine have signed a memorandum, which provides for joint work on the construction of automated control systems for large ships and warships, including such ships as "Mistral", told the journalists the retired Vice-Admiral Vladimir Pepelyayev, the project manager of the Center for Marine Technologies at the Moscow Design Bureau Compass.

29.06 12:00 Moscow suburbs to get rapid metro system

The Moscow government’s plans to merge the city of Moscow and the region into one federation subject and move parts of the state organizations outside Moscow have set new challenges for many departments. In particular, architects began to explore new modes of transport that could allow both officials and ordinary residents of metropolitan areas to get faster to their place of work and back. How can they do it when heavy-rail commuter trains are struggling to cope with the passenger flow now?

28.06 17:55 Soyuz launch vehicle successfully places military satellite into or

The rocket was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome the night before. All its tasks have been performed in the standard mode. Now the satellite is going to join the grouping of devices for military use in space.

28.06 09:31 Vampires and other nonhumans collecting signatures in their own support

In a short time, Russia will probably get an effective line of defense for vampires and other nonhumans. They have already begun the process of the organization registration in St. Petersburg, says a press release received by Lenta.ru. The idea of ​​creating the vampire protection society belongs to the founders of the social network Nuara.ru, which is focused on those who consider themselves vampires, forest spirits and elv

10.06 17:13 Over 4% of Russian school graduates could not pass USE in Russian Language

About four percent of the graduates of Russian schools were not able to pass the Unified State Examination (USE) in Russian, reported on June 9 ITAR-TASS citing a memo of Rosobrnadzor (Federal Education and Science Supervision Service).

Сюжеты

International Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) is a manned orbital station, used as a multifunctional space research complex.

Formation of the GLONASS space group

Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) is the Russian equivalent of the American GPS and the European Galileo system...

Статьи

18.03 15:18 How much does it cost to fly into space today?

Who among us did not want to be in space at least once in their life? To experience weightlessness and see Earth from space, and experience the emotions that overwhelm astronauts during their extraterrestrial missions.

10.03 18:59 Why do young scientists leave Russia?

"You can't grasp Russia with your mind..." – this line from a verse by the famous Russian poet Fyodor Tyutchev can probably tell us a lot… When investing huge amounts in the Olympics-2014 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the officials want to gain too many results at once: to impress foreigners, to show that Russia is not only the largest, but also the most generous country…

25.10 16:47 Russia turns into international nuclear waste dump. Does it want to destroy itself?

Most probably, Russia can be destroyed for a token fee... Since the application of nuclear energy started, the number of casualties has increased manyfold, and the number of accidents has increased, too. Putting the obvious economic benefits of nuclear energy on one scale, and the no less obvious danger – on the other, the advantage is almost always on the side of the first.

12.07 14:17 Skolkovo: how to squander a billion dollars?

A nuclear parity with America, spacewalks – those were the National Projects of the 1950s. And lo: our ancestors did reach the nuclear parity, were the first to exit into space. And before that, they taught everyone to read and write, eliminated homelessness, and even the electrification of the entire country was not mere words, though it did not bring us, as promised, in combination with the Soviet regime, to communism.

06.07 18:39 Passions around a mathematician, or hunting for Perelman's money

Recently, Moscow hosted the annual meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The event seemed to be serious, but ...

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07.07 11:53 Cassini spacecraft captures colossal Saturn storm

The storm of unprecedented scale unseen since 1990 has been raging on Saturn for several months. Recently, this powerful atmospheric disturbance grew in size and intensity and now covers an area of four billion square kilometers. Since 1876, astronomers have observed only five such megastorms on Saturn.

28.06 17:55 Soyuz launch vehicle successfully places military satellite into or

The rocket was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome the night before. All its tasks have been performed in the standard mode. Now the satellite is going to join the grouping of devices for military use in space.

10.06 16:22 Soyuz TMA-02M arrives successfully at

On the night of June 10, Soyuz TMA-02M arrived at the International Space Station. The docking of the Soyuz with the "Rassvet" module occurred at 01:22 (MSK

08.06 13:08 New Soyuz spacecraft with international crew launched from Baikonur

On Wednesday night, the new spacecraft Soyuz TMA-02M was launched from the Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome. The spacecraft with an international crew on board successfully reached the orbit and is moving now to the International Space Station.

06.05 14:18 Huge asteroid to sweep between Moon and Earth

At the end of the year, a huge asteroid is going to fly between the Earth and the Moon. It will sweep by so close that it will be possible to see it even through the most ordinary telescope. This is one of the rare chances to see a celestial body so close to us, said the NASA scientists.

05.05 11:16 Soyuz-2.1a successfully launched from Plesetsk

On Wednesday, Russian Space Forces made a successful launch of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the space vehicle Meridian on board, said the press-secretary of the Russian Defense Ministry for Space Forces Lt. Col. Alexei Zolotukhin to RIA Novosti.

27.04 11:52 Russian scientists studying Japan’s accident aftermath

Russian scientists have been constantly monitoring the radiation situation in the Okhotsk and Japan Seas. The Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences has developed a special program, which is to assist in collecting and analyzing the state of ocean and air currents from the Japanese Fukushima, said the correspondent member of FEB RAS, Deputy Chairman of FEB RAS, Deputy Director for Research of the Pacific Ocean Institute, Grigory Dolgikh.

12.04 14:13 April 12, Cosmonautics Day

Cosmonautics Day is a holiday celebrated in Russia and other countries every April 12 and established to commemorate the first manned space flight.

07.04 15:23 Soyuz-Gagarin docks with ISS 10 minutes ahead of schedule

On April 7, at 3:09 a.m., the spacecraft Soyuz TMA-21 ("Gagarin") arrived at the Pier docking compartment of the International Space Station. In terms of timing, the crew reached the ISS 10 minutes earlier than scheduled. Despite this, the Control Centre decided to dock.

22.03 16:17 Russian Space Agency officials may be disciplined for loss of Glonass satellites

The Russian Space Agency (Roskosmos) officials are being checked for possible abuse of authority in connection with the loss of three Glonass satellites. The Investigative Committee specialists allege that the officials of the Agency "entered an upper stage, which was used for the first time and did not pass the required tests, into the space-rocket complex. During the flight, it went out of order and off the course, which led to the fall of the satellites". This was announced Tuesday by the representative of the RF IC Vladimir Markin.

Фотогалереи

11.04 16:49 Yuri Gagarin, space legend

Yuri Gagarin was born on March 9, 1934, in the village of Klushino, Gzhatsk district, Western region of the Russian Federation (currently Gagarin district, Smolensk region). He became the first Soviet cosmonaut, the Hero of the Soviet Union, a full colonel, the first man on Earth to fly into space, whose radiant smile and the words "Let's get going ..." struck a deep chord in the heart of many generations.