space environment (№ 178 ) 24.01.2018 (2018)

"Korolev`s Readings" at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University.

Vostochny Cosmodrome is preparing for the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle; on board are the Russian Canopus-B remote sensing devices No. 3-4, as well as 5 German S-Net and D-Star spacecraft, 4 American Lemur nanosatellites.

A meteorite over Michigan.

Catching cosmic rays using smartphones.

"Who controls the lunar rover?" - meeting at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics.

One line:

- The Chandra Observatory has published an animated panoramic video of the center of the Milky Way galaxy;

- Flight tests of the new TNS-0 No. 2 nanosatellite platform have been completed;

- On January 21, a successful launch of an Electron carrier rocket with small satellites on board took place from a private spaceport on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand;

- NASA astronaut Jessica Mier has started training at the Gagarin Space Center.

Chronograph: Progress cargo ships.

Astrophoto of the week: nebulae in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a shooting star and the planet Jupiter over the UK, a supermoon over the Italian Alps.