space environment №326 21.04.2021 (2021)

The crew of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft returned to Earth.

Works under the Sphere program.

Vostochny, preparation for the launch of 36 spacecraft of the One Web group.

A mock-up of the Luna-25 spacecraft was delivered to Vostochny.

Comments on: Pavel Kazmerchuk.

One line:

- Roscosmos has started the creation of a new Russian orbital station;

- Baikonur, the Nauka module has been transported to the pressure chamber for further preparation for launch;

- Extended meeting of the Board of the FMBA of Russia;

- NPO Energomash sent 6 RD-180 engines to the USA;

- RKS specialists have completed tests of the command and measurement system equipment for the Express-AMU 3 and Express-AMU 7 telecommunications satellites;

- Footage of the takeoff and landing of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars.

Chronograph: The 50th anniversary of the first long-term orbital station "Salyut-1".

Astrophotography of the week: the center of the Milky Way galaxy in infrared light, the Sun in 4K, a supermassive black hole in the Messier 87 galaxy.