space environment (№ 283 ) 27.05.2020 (2020)

Dmitry Rogozin: 2 years as head of Roscosmos.

The beginning of testing of the CPC hydrolaboratory.

Protoplanets at the AB Charioteer system.

One line:

- The Crew Dragon ship is preparing for flight;

- Launch from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, successful launch of the satellite into orbit;

- Comet C2020 F8 SWAN collapses;

- Mobile complex for the Ministry of Emergency Situations;

- Roscosmos and the Ministry of Emergency Situations jointly deployed a new mobile remote sensing data reception and processing complex;

- Student satellite;

- Roscosmos took part in the charity event #myplace;

- The Ring of Fire galaxy has been discovered;

- The Meteor-M satellite recorded the purification of the atmosphere over China after quarantine;

- A trip to the space reef;

- Roscosmos begins accepting applications for the All-Russian youth competition of scientific and technical works "Orbit of Youth 2020".

Chronograph: 20 years since the first launch of the American Atlas launch vehicle on the Russian RD-180 engine.

Astrophoto of the week: the dark river and Antares, the "war" of the galaxies "Bode" and "Cigar", 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets.

The question of space: Can a black hole become a star again?