space environment (№ 329 ) 12.05.2021 (2021)

Victory Day in Space and on Earth, comment by Maxim Ovchinnikov.

Tracking of the Chinese launch vehicle (uncontrolled descent from orbit).

Tests of the module "Science".

One line:

- Vostochny, preparation of the Soyuz-2.1B launch vehicle for launch;

- Moscow, concreting of the foundation of the high-rise part of the National Space Center;

- Baikonur, preparation for the launch of the Progress MS-17 transport cargo ship;

- The Russian optical-electronic complex "Window-M" recorded the movement of about 30 thousand space objects in four months;

- Astronomers have discovered potential traces of recent volcanic activity on the Martian plateau of Elysium;

- The Botswana meteorite was part of the asteroid Vesta.

Chronograph: 75 years of TsNIIMash.

Astrophoto of the week: night on the shore of the Ob Sea, atmospheric phenomenon Steve (steve) over the Cooper port of Lake Michigan, ekranoplan "Harrier" on the background of the night sky.

The question of space: launches at the appointed time, how weather conditions affect decisions on missile launches.

Vladimir Bronfman, head of the direction of the Directorate of Commercial Programs of the Khrunichev State Scientific Research Center, tells.