COSMOS



India planning mission to explore Venus

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to launch a mission, Shukrayaan-1, on March 29th, 2028 to study the surface of Venus, TASS reports with reference to the India Today TV channel Photo: www.freepik.com It is reported that the spacecraft will take a total of 112 days to reach Venus. Shukrayaan-1 will be India's first attempt to explore the interior of this planet. During the mission, a powerful launch vehicle will be used to propel the spacecraft during its flight to Venus. The ...

10.10.2024
india , cosmos , venus

Nigeria plans to send its first cosmonaut into orbit with help of US company

Nigeria, in co-operation with a company from the United States, is going to send its first cosmonaut into space, TASS reports with reference to the African country’s Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology Photo: www.reuters.com "Manned space flight is not a random aspiration of our country, but an important task of the Nigerian space programme and the policy approved by the government in 2001," the Vanguard newspaper quoted the minister as saying. “The resumption and ...

08.07.2024
Nigeria , usa , cosmos

News photo: Belarus' first woman cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya headed for ISS

23.03.2024
Cosmos , rocket , Launch , Vasilevskaya

India developed equipment for space mission to Venus in 2024

The Indian Space Research Organisation has developed equipment for a planned mission to Venus, RIA Novosti reports Photo: www.pixabay.com According to the Chairman of the Space Research Organisation, Sreedhara Somanath, the Indian organisation has many missions at the conceptual stage, the mission to Venus has already been configured, and payloads have already been developed for it. “Venus is an interesting planet, and its study will help answer some questions in the field of space science,” ...

23.10.2023
india , cosmos

China developing new generation spacecraft for seven seats

The People's Republic of China is developing a new generation aircraft capable of delivering seven people into orbit, TASS reports with reference to China’s Manned Space Flight Programme Administration PHOTO: WWW.PIXABAY.COM "There will be more room on the new spacecraft, it can be reused. China is developing a manned vehicle capable of carrying up to seven people," the report says. The chief designer of China’s manned space programme, Zhou Jianping, noted that the project could be ...

05.07.2023
china , cosmos , spacecraft

Ex-intelligence officer: US has spacecraft of alien origin

The US Government, as part of its secret military programme, managed to get alien spaceships – as informed by an Air Force veteran and former member of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Dave Grusch, RIA Novosti reports Photo: www.reuters.com According to Mr. Grusch, Americans managed to get the technical vehicles either after they landed or crashed. “These are… non-human origin technical vehicles, call it spacecraft if you will, non-human exotic origin vehicles that have either ...

16.06.2023
usa , cosmos

Tesla, Apple urged AI labs to immediately stop part of development

In their open letter on the Future of Life Institute, the heads of Tesla and Apple called on the creators of artificial intelligence to stop the research of powerful systems for at least six months. The letter was signed by more than two hundred experts in the field of artificial intelligence, including Elon Musk who heads Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, and Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp. Photo: www.Pixabay.com “We call on all AI laboratories to immediately suspend ...

30.03.2023
Artificial intelligence , cosmos , science

NASA released full Earth snapshot

American NASA published new images of the Earth. They were taken in December 2022 from the recently launched NOAA-21 satellite, Super.ru reports The fresh photos feature the entire planet — including azure shores of the Caribbean Sea and thick smog over Northern India. A special device, FIIRS, was used for that purpose. According to experts, the satellite can track forest fires, drought and flooding. It will provide important information about the oceans and atmosphere of our planet. Photos by ...

27.01.2023
nasa , cosmos

SpaceX postponed launch of Starlink satellites

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced the postponement of its launch of a Falcon-9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites, RIA Novosti reports Photo: www.reuters.com It was reported earlier that the Falcon-9 was supposed to deliver 51 satellites into orbit. According to the company, the launch was cancelled ‘to examine the data more closely’. The satellites are scheduled to launch on January 12th.

11.01.2023
spacex , cosmos , satellite

Fly out of comfort zone

Belarusian can fly into orbit as early as September next year. 29 candidates were selected for this mission. Further actions are up to the Cosmonaut Training Centre. After examining medical documents, about ten people will be selected and invited for examination. As a result, they will choose only two: they will determine the main and backup cosmonauts. Our compatriot, pilot-cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, told in detail what awaits them. There is successful space-link! — Cosmonauts are eternal ...

23.11.2022
Belarus , cosmos , Novitskiy , perspectives

8th Belarusian Space Congress begins its work in Minsk

From October 25 th through October 27 th , Minsk will bring together leading scientists and experts from abroad to focus on space related issues. A large delegation is coming from Russia – representing Roscosmos, the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as enterprises and organisations working in the field of space technologies. More than 120 reports are planned by scientists and specialists from Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, China and Uzbekistan. The event is organised by Belarus’ National ...

24.10.2022
cosmos , congress

New Belarusian-Russian satellite to be able to detect space debris

As informed by Sergei Korenyako who heads the department of joint space and IT programmes at the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences’ United Institute of Informatics Problems, scientists plan to equip a Belarusian-Russian spacecraft with optical equipment capable of detecting dangerous objects along its path PHOTO: www.PIXABAY.COM Space debris of an average size of 1-10cm can be seen from the Earth; accordingly, the orbit of spacecraft and the ISS can be adjusted to avoid collisions. The ...

20.04.2022
space , cosmos

Belarus, Russia will start implementing new sci-tech programme in 2022

The Union State’s Complex-SG programme concerns the development of basic elements of orbital and ground-based facilities and aims to create joint multi-satellite groupings of small-sized spacecraft for observing the Earth's surface and near-Earth outer space “We should create not only high-tech products, but also prepare personnel for the space industry,” Sergei Korenyako – who heads the department of joint space and IT programmes at the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences’ United Institute ...

20.04.2022
russia , belarus , sci-tech , cosmos

Belarus plans to create nanosatellites of supreme quality

An outline sketch of a Russian-Belarusian spacecraft is being prepared jointly with Roscosmos at present Photo: www.infante.space Belarusian enterprises will manufacture optoelectronic targeting systems, and – together with Russian colleagues – they plan to create elements of ground infrastructure to manage the spacecraft, receive and process information. “The future belongs to orbital groupings that consist of small-sized spacecraft, including nanosatellites,” Sergei Korenyako – who heads the ...

20.04.2022
science , space , cosmos , nanosatellite , NAS

Working visit of the President to the Far East

In the very near future, Belarusians will be able to participate in the development of the Vostochny Cosmodrome. The agreement on this was reached during a two-day working visit of the President of Belarus to the Far East. And already in 2023, the Belarusian cosmonaut will go out to the ISS. Photo by BELTA On Cosmonautics Day, the Presidents of Belarus and Russia visited the Vostochny Cosmodrome, where they inspected the infrastructure, held talks, and then answered journalists’ questions. ...

20.04.2022
Lukashenko , Putin , Co-operation , cosmos

Cosmonaut Novitsky shared career plans

Oleg Novitsky commented on his recently completed third space flight and shared plans for a possible fourth flight during a direct telephone line organised by the Belarus Segodnya Publishing House “Are you happy with the results of your third flight?” host Natalia Ostapchuk asked. “I am very pleased! The flight was intense – and this was a piece of happiness. I was lucky to perform three spacewalks, one re-docking and undocking of the module, and its removal from the station. I also worked with ...

21.12.2021
novitsky , cosmos

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