Module "Science", continuation of preparation for launch, comments by Alexander Bloshenko.
An unidentified object flew past the ISS.
Rules for correcting the ISS orbit.
Virgin Galactic news: Richard Branson and five employees of the company made the first flight to the edge of space.
One line:
- Two years of operation of the Spectrum-RG astrophysical Observatory;
- Baikonur, cosmonaut survival training in the desert;
- Tests of the ultrafast single-turn flight scheme to the ISS have begun;
- New recruits in the Gagarin CPC.
Chronograph: Flight of the Phobos-2 station to Mars and its satellite Phobos.
Astrophoto of the week: silvery clouds in the Minsk region, the Bolshoy Thach Nature Park in Adygea, the Blue Horsehead reflective nebula in the constellation Scorpio.
Personnel:
A.V. Bloshenko - Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Executive Director for Science and Promising Projects of Roscosmos Corporation. Branson R.C.N. is a British entrepreneur, founder of the Virgin Group Corporation. Pavlinsky M.N. -- Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Deputy Director of the ICI RAS.