space environment №358 22.12.2021 (2021)

The crew of the 20th ISS visiting expedition returned to Earth.

Interview with Sergey Krikalev about the process of returning descent vehicles from space.

Nikolay Vdovin's report on the arrival of rescuers at the landing site and about the meeting with the crew.

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- Baikonur, the assembly of the head part of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle has been completed;

- Planned correction of the ISS orbit on December 24, 2021;

- ICI RAS, All-Russian Conference "High Energy Astrophysics Today and Tomorrow - 2021";

- ISS, the undocking of the instrument and aggregate compartment of the Progress M-UM cargo module is scheduled for the night of December 22-23;

- President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko awarded cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky with the Order of Friendship of Peoples;

- The RKS Holding has begun the creation of ground stations for receiving signals from the Cospas-Sarsat search and rescue equipment.