Space agencies and private companies are trying by all means to reduce the cost of sending cargo into orbit. While SpaceX makes its rockets reusable, the natives Relativity Space company wants to simplify the Assembly and reduce the cost. To this end, it intends to use an enormous 3D printer Stargate, who finally found the place — it will be installed inside a large industrial building in Mississippi, which for 30 years belongs to NASA and is not used.

13-06-2019 admin 305 0

China is developing its space industry, and actively introducing new technologies in the military sphere. This activity becomes a cause for concern in third countries – primarily the United States. Washington is trying to determine the real capabilities of the probable enemy and to predict the likely developments. A direct consequence of this can be interesting reports of the intelligence agencies.

16-05-2019 admin 357 0

The spacecraft, however, as the state as a whole, with the same name will never take off ...

05-04-2019 admin 509 0

I'm a simple employee of the Samara missile centre "Progress", and indeed a simple citizen of Russia. I have family, I have dreams. In my mind together, and dream about justice and thinking about where to invest money, if any, will start. Sure, I like a lot. More recently, I was in calm confidence in the future. On our factory manufactures the Soyuz rocket — the only one in the world missiles, which are delivered to the space, not just satellites and cargo, but also people. For more than a century of history, the company knew its UPS and downs, well-fed times and lean years.

14-03-2019 admin 416 0

Secret us military spaceplane X-37B conducted on-orbit to your next flight has more than five days. What does he do, what can you do in space for so long and is not responsible or whether it is a clear threat to Russia?

12-02-2019 admin 1502 0

On the market of orbital launches will soon be a new player. Until SpaceX or at least the same Blue Origin is far from it, but the start was quite cheerful. Private Scottish startup Orbex has introduced the world's largest rocket engine, manufactured using the technology of 3D printing. In addition, the company has revealed the second stage of its booster Rocket Prime, in conjunction with this event to the opening of new headquarters and development centre in Scotland.

10-02-2019 admin 1379 0

Startup that has created an easy rocket Electron, reported the first successful commercial mission. In December he's planning another run, and a year later plans to launch satellites on a weekly basis.

14-11-2018 admin 441 0

In Russia created a replacement for the Makarov pistol; announced the creation of a "pocket Iskander"; the Pentagon has allocated more than $1 billion for the development of space rockets; a prototype self-propelled gun for airborne "Lotus" was put into production; in the Russian Navy transferred two newest patrol boat "Raptor"; tests of the modernized heavy Mi-26Т2В will be completed by the end of the year; land forces of Russia will strengthen the battalion electronic warfare; upgraded radar station (radar) "Gamma-С1М" and "Sky-MIND" atonement for combat duty; party modern intelligence complexes CRUZ "Sagittarius" entered service; engineering in connection TSB received the newest robotic complex "Uran-6". About these and other developments in the media monitoring for the week of 08 to 14 October 2018.

16-10-2018 admin 1130 0

Now the spacecraft Soyuz is the only means of transporting crews to the ISS. It is also the only Russian manned spacecraft and one of the two existing manned vehicles in the world. As you know, the Chinese are very actively developing its programme "Shenzhou": built within the ship is, in fact, a Chinese version of "Union". Americans have their own manned space vehicles do not yet have: the space Shuttle made the last run in 2011. Now, US astronauts fly on Russian ships. The Europeans and the Japanese dream to create a full ship on the basis of the space of "trucks", but whether to do it — is unknown. Such budgets like NASA space agencies can only dream of, and current experience who would not say, much less than that of overseas partners.

19-09-2018 admin 766 0

Technological entrepreneurship in China is gradually covering new spheres, and in areas such as AI technology, FINTECH, and even alternative energy, the country occupies a leading position. Another fast - growing sector of space technology. The momentum was set by the appearance on the market of SpaceX; enter the sector of private companies has greatly increased competition and potentially reduced the cost of launch.

16-09-2018 admin 524 0