space environment (№ 245 ) 08.08.2019 (2019)

Spektr-RG Space Observatory, testing and calibration of equipment.

Anthropomorphic robot "Skybox F-850" ("Fedor") is preparing to fly.

The Milky Way has swallowed up another galaxy.

Monitoring of emergency situations using remote sensing satellites.

One line:

- The record of the Progress MS-12 ship;

- Launches from Russian cosmodromes;

- A star at the final stage of evolution in Ursa Minor;

- A film of images taken by the ESA Rosetta spacecraft.

Chronograph: The youngest cosmonaut in the world is German Titov.

The Japanese rocket "Momo-4" fell into the sea after being launched from the spaceport on the island of Hokkaido.

Astrophotography of the week: The Milky Way and lightning over the Mediterranean Sea, the IC 1795 Fishhead nebula, the old Moon and a lenticular cloud over Mount Etna.