First he went: the rocket ... Astronauts on the ISS will play a computer game. Roskosmos did not have enough money for insurance and GLONASS satellite launches to the ISS starts, but starts preparing in full swing. Events, events, rumors, predictions: a weekly digest of the journal ...
October 21.
At 14:30 Moscow time from Kourou in French Guiana executed launch rocket ... 1b ... At 18:19 Gallileo satellite successfully separated from the upper stage ... Running became the first in the program Soyuz at CSG: built in Kourou launch pad, and is now launching rocket ... Already in December to start the rocket ...
The representative of the NASA John Charles (Jone Charles) reported anxiety, which cause the agency reports that about one-third astronaut, who had been in space, complains of blurred vision during flight and after. This may be due to increased intracranial pressure in conditions of weightlessness. May be guilty, and high salt content in the ... NASA will fund a study of this issue.
October 22.
Head of Russian Federal Space Agency Vladimir Popovkin spoke to reporters. He, in particular, commented on the rejection of a launch vehicle ... In addition, Popovkin said that the development of a new manned spacecraft continues.
Head of laboratory life-support systems IBMP RAS Vladimir Sychev said that his team is creating a fundamentally new power LED lighting for greenhouses ... Currently used for this purpose potentially dangerous (containing mercury) fluorescent lamps. It is assumed that the new unit will be mounted on the ISS in 2013.
October 23.
First launch vehicle Taurus II, created by experts of the company Orbital Sciences with Ukrainian raketostroiteley, has been postponed until late February - early March 2012. Originally planned rocket launch by the end of the year. The reason for delay were the negative results obtained in October, when the test vehicle inspection systems.
Between 5:43 and 5:57 Moscow time ... Unburned fragments fell to Earth, presumably in the Indian Ocean, Andaman Sea, Myanme, Laos and southern China.
October 24.
Due to lack of finance since 2012. Federal Space Agency will not be able to insure the ships starts, launched to the ISS, as well as launches of GLONASS satellites. Insurance is the state allocates only 1.97 billion rubles, which is only enough for the insurance vehicles that run under the Federal Space Program. Among them - and most expensive of preparing for launch in 2012. apparatus ...
October 25.
The scientific program of a new expedition to the ISS, which will go into space on November 14, includes 37 experiments. Among them - the launch of the microsatellite ... 40- pound device, developed in conjunction with the Space Research Institute of the Lebedev Lebedev Physical Institute, should have had more than 2 years and to study the processes taking place during lightning discharges in the atmosphere and reach for the observation of the surface of the Earth. Another interesting experiment is coming - medical -biological ... The experiment was conducted in two stages - on Earth and in space, and one of the components of the experiment are computer games: Cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin will hold them for some time in orbit, with detailed fixing of physiological changes occurring at the same time.
October 26.
It is reported that before the satellite was put into operation ... Thus, the present orbital constellation of global navigation system GLONASS is 27 units, 23 of which are used as intended, one is prepared to enter into the system, 2 removed for maintenance, and another one is located in the orbital reserve.
In parallel, prepare immediately two space launch, which will add significant grouping of GLONASS. On Plesetsk delivered satellite ... And at Baikonur is still preparing a cluster of three similar devices that were being considered to perform Nov. 4 with ...
Deputy Director of the Institute of Biomedical Problems of RAS Valery Bogomolov expressed concern about the situation on the ISS. According to him, the excess of the permissible noise level and the accumulation of rubbish become a serious problem for the inhabitants of the Russian segment of the station. Doctors have advised the engineers to reduce the noise of the equipment mounted on the ISS - first of all, dust collectors, air conditioners and computers. Requires the solution of the issue with the export of wastes to the ISS, which rose especially sharply after the cessation of flights by American shuttles.
Head of Samara Samara Space ... Recall that a platform for launching the missiles at the spaceport in French Guiana, ESA has already been built by Russian specialists, and began to operate, although the program of unmanned.
Russian Space Agency Commission has once again visited the Baikonur East. Experts chose the construction site of the two launch complexes - for missiles, ... First begin to build a platform for the ... Meanwhile, at the launch site are ... Direct construction of facilities will begin in the coming year.
October 27.
At Baikonur, work is continuing on the preparation of the upcoming space launches. Peregrine module automatic interplanetary station ... Carried out and refill the Chinese micro-satellite YH- 1, which will start with the Russian AMS. Running them on board the ... At the same time preparing to launch rocket ... The space system is assembled and prepared for export to the launch complex.
Experts held near Moscow MCC correction of the ISS orbit, raising its height by 3.2 miles - up to an average of 390 km. The maneuver was carried out using a corrective engine service module ...
Vice Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said the suspension of new design launch vehicles ... According to him, two years later, when to start flight tests of light, medium and heavy rockets family ...
Chinese media reported that in early November, will launch Shenzhou- 8 spacecraft, whose task will be practicing docking technology devices in orbit. At the moment the spacecraft and carrier rocket Chang Zheng 2F transported to the launch site Baikonur Jiuquan.
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