space environment (№ 359 ) 29.12.2021 (2021)

Baikonur, the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with OneWeb communication satellites.

One line:

- Plesetsk, the third test launch of the heavy launch vehicle "Angara-A5", a fragment of a speech by Alexey Varochko;

- Baikonur, tests of the Progress MS-19 cargo ship;

- RKS, Research Institute of Precision Instruments, development of a new system for rendezvous and docking of spacecraft;

- The ISS will become a simulator for preparing flights to Mars;

- The Spektr-RG Space Observatory has completed its fourth scan;

- Cosmonautics Museum, children's New Year messages to cosmonauts;

- The vessel "Cosmonaut Viktor Patsaev" was transferred to the ownership of the Kaliningrad region;

- CPC, meeting on the implementation of the scientific and educational project "Challenge".

VDNH, pavilion "Cosmos", presentation of the photo album "The First: Gagarin and Cuba".

Astrophoto of the Year:

- "Dancing of the polar light", a view from the bridge of the ship when approaching the Kara Strait;

- The California Nebula;

- Multicolored meteor track from the "Quadrantida" stream;

- The Milky Way Ring;

- The crescent of Venus and the craters of the Moon;

- "Lockdown", a reflection of the tracks of the stars with a long exposure;

- The moon over the American National Park "Death Valley";

- Solar System Collage;

- Flight of the Falcon-9 launch vehicle on the background of the Moon;

- Collage of pictures of Saturn's rings;

- "Golden Ring", solar eclipse over Tibet on June 21, 2020.