President #Putin on Yuri #Gagarin’s flight: At that time – on April 12, 1961 – this grandiose event certainly changed the world. It ushered in a new space age, an era of #SpaceExploration. We will always take pride in the fact that it was our country that paved the way to the Universe and, as I have already said, that our compatriot became a trailblazer on this great path.

Our duty is not just to cherish the memory of the generation of space conquerors and to respect the courage of the cosmonauts who explored the unknown despite the risks, those who created unique space systems and technology and prepared crews for work in the orbit. Our duty is not just to remember those who created and consolidated our space potential. Our duty also lies in striving today to match the level of the space trailblazers in our current work in the rocket and space industry.

Russia’s ‘Nauka’ module docked with the International Space Station on 29 July 2021. According to the Khrunichev research and production centre, it has a service life through 2027 with the option of extending it until 2030.

Shortly after the arrival, the new module’s thrusters turned on and rotated the station’s normal orientation by 45 degrees, but attitude control was quickly restored with the help of Russian ‘Zvezda’ service module.

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Российский модуль "Наука" состыковался с Международной космической станцией 29 июля 2021 г. По информации НПЦ им. Хруничева, расчетный срок его службы установлен до 2027 г. с возможностью продления до 2030 г.

Вскоре после прибытия "Науки" к МКС произошел нештатный запуск двигателей модуля, в результате чего изменилась нормальная ориентация МКС на 45 градусов. Однако контроль над ориентацией был быстро восстановлен с помощью сервисного российского модуля "Звезда", работающего в составе МКС.

#Russia #naukamodule #spaceexploration #roscosmos #spaceflight #spacestation

Russian satellite “Arktika-M” has successfully passed the flying tests. This satellite is designed to be a part of hydrometeorological space system that will monitor Earth’s surface & waters of the Arctic Ocean around-the-clock & in any weather conditions

#RussiaInSpace #SpaceExploration


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Российский спутник "Арктика-М" успешно прошел летные испытания. Этот аппарат разработан как часть космической гидрометеорологической системы, создаваемой для осуществления круглосуточного всепогодного мониторинга поверхности Земли и морей Северного Ледовитого океана

#РоссияВКосмосе #ИсследованиеКосмоса

#OTD in 1959, Soviet spacecraft #Luna3 made the world’s 1st photos of the Moon's far side. That wasn't the mission’s only achievement: Luna-3 became 1st apparatus to perform “gravity slingshot” - change its course due to effect of other stellar bodies' gravity fields

#SpaceExploration


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7 октября 1959 года советский космический аппарат "Луна-3" сделал первые фотографии обратной стороны Луны. Это было не единственным достижением той экспедиции: станция "Луна-3" стала первым в мире космическим аппаратом, осуществившим гравитационный манёвр - "Луна-3" успешно изменила курс своего полета за счет воздействия гравитационных полей других небесных тел

#ИсследованиеКосмоса

🚀 A Russian Soyuz 2.1a rocket carrying the Progress MS-26 cargo spacecraft, which will deliver more than 2.5 tonnes worth of cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Nine minutes after the liftoff, the rocket put the spacecraft into Earth orbit, and the Progress spacecraft separated from the rocket's third stage and began its independent flight to the ISS.

🇷🇺 new space freighter will fly the traditional two-day route and is scheduled to dock the station on February 17 at 9:12 a.m. Moscow time (06:12 GMT). The spacecraft will spend a total of 180 days in space.

🛰 The space freighter inter alia carries consumables for the new scientific experiment dubbed "Fullerene" to grow fullerite crystals in the Nauka module — the third crystalline form of carbon, which is a new class of semiconductors.

Progress MS-26 will also carry equipment for the new scientific experiment Orbita-MG to create a monitoring system that will find cracks and other leaks in the station's hull.

#RussiaInSpace #ISS #SpaceExploration