Tag: space

Starting with the flight of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin April 12, 1961, orbit was visited by 566 people from nearly forty countries. To the Day of cosmonautics "Russian newspaper" have gathered a collection of interesting facts about flights records and astronauts - some of them you just were not known

The state Commission in Baikonur has approved the main and backup compounds of the crew of "Soyuz MS-16", which should be sent to the ISS on 9 April. The main team included cosmonauts, "Roscosmos" Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Wagner, NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy

Donald trump signed the Executive decree giving the U.S. the right to resource extraction in space. Roskosmos has said that the "aggressive plans for the actual seizure of territories of other planets hardly set the country on a fruitful cooperation"

On the night of April 8 the Moon will come as close as possible to the Ground, starts "pink" full moon. Unusual color of the satellite due to the fact that meteoric dust and other small space COP better is visible in the distance

Outer space is not subject to national appropriation, said the Russian foreign Ministry in connection with the recent initiative of the President of the United States. "We proceed from the equality of States in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes", - said the Agency