space environment (№ 334 ) 30.06.2021 (2021)

Baikonur, the successful launch of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-17 transport cargo ship.

Vostochny, preparation for the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage and 36 OneWeb spacecraft.

Baikonur, the final stage of pre-launch preparation of the multipurpose laboratory module "Science".

A test for the conquerors of orbits: training in a sign language chamber.

Impressions of test cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, the announcement of the interview on the Roscosmos website.

Discoveries of the Russian astrophysical observatory "Spektr-RG": 18 emerging superclusters of galaxies.

Astronomers have discovered the largest object in the Oort Cloud.

One line:

- Plesetsk, successful launch of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle with the Kosmos-2550 satellite;

- New fuel at the Vostochny cosmodrome;

- How stars are formed.

Chronograph: June 30 - 50 years since the death of the Soyuz-11 crew.

Astrophoto of the week: spiral galaxy "Messier 99", multicolored Scorpion, nebula NGC 6888 "Crescent".