Sea salt embedded in the dusty surface of Mars and lofted into the planet’s atmosphere has led to the discovery of hydrogen chloride—the first time the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has detected a new gas. The spacecraft is also providing new information about how Mars is losing its water. Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-02-exomars-gas-loss-mars.html…
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Russia lifts UK telecom satellites into orbit
A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East on Friday, putting into orbit 36 UK telecommunications and internet satellites, the Roscosmos space agency said. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-12-russia-uk-telecom-satellites-orbit.html…
Russia launches UK telecom satellites into space
A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East on Friday carrying 36 UK telecommunications and internet satellites, the Roscosmos space agency said. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-12-russia-uk-telecom-satellites-space.html…
Soyuz MS-17 delivers science experiments to ISS
The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft arrived to the International Space Station just three hours after launch on 14 October, with Roscosmos astronauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins on board. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-10-soyuz-ms-science-iss.html…
Oxygen supply fails on Russian segment of ISS, crew not in danger
The oxygen supply system has failed in a module on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) but the crew is in no danger, Russian space agency Roscosmos said Thursday. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-10-oxygen-russian-segment-iss-crew.html…
Astronauts shelter as ISS boosted to avoid orbital debris
The International Space Station underwent an unscheduled reboost in orbit yesterday, to avoid a collision with an unknown piece of space junk. The 3-man crew was ordered to shelter, but is safe. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/astronauts-shelter-as-iss-boosted-to-avoid-orbital-debris…
‘Venus is a Russian planet’ claims space chief
Dmitry Rogozin made the rather bizarre claim while speaking to reporters at an exhibition last week. As head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, Rogoz… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/339653/venus-is-a-russian-planet-claims-space-chief…
Russian Announces Plan to Independently Explore Venus
“Russia has announced an intention to independently explore Venus a day after scientists said there was a gas that could be present in the planet’s clouds due to single-cell microbes,” reports Euronews: The head of Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, told reporters that they would initiate a national project as “we believe that Venus is a Russian planet,” according to…
Russia wants to return to Venus, build reusable rocket
The head of Russia’s space agency said Friday that Roscosmos wants to return to Venus and bring back soil samples and build spacecraft that will surpass Elon Musk’s rockets. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-08-russia-venus-reusable-rocket.html…
Is there life below the Martian surface?
Galactic cosmic rays are high energy particles from explosive events like supernovae, zinging through our solar system, constantly bombarding both Earth and Mars. A researcher suggests they supply enough energy to make subsurface life on Mars possible. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/is-there-life-below-the-martian-surface…