space environment (№ 287 ) 24.06.2020 (2020)

Igor Khamits has been appointed chief designer for the development of the manned transport ship "Eagle".

The module "Science" is undergoing the final test cycle.

An annular solar eclipse.

One line:

- The Keldysh Center conducted successful tests of the ion engine;

- CPC, opening of the hydro laboratory, testing after reconstruction;

- - Resolution on the prevention of an arms race in outer space;

- Training astronauts on survival on the water;

- Titan is moving away from Saturn;

- Summer student construction site on the East;

- Planetary nebulae, new images of NGC 6302 "Butterfly" and NGC 7027;

- Roscosmos became a partner of the Big Change contest, Dmitry Shishkin's comment.

Astrophoto of the week: the first complete X-ray image of the universe from the Spektr-RG Space Observatory, the moon covering Venus, silvery clouds over Moscow.

Question about space: which engineering specialty and UNIVERSITY should I choose to become an astronaut?