space environment (№ 360 ) 12.01.2022 (2022)

115 years since the birth of Sergei Pavlovich Korolev.

Fragments of the interview: grandchildren Andrey and Sergey Korolev, teacher Galina Popova.

Practical implementation of the Sphere project.

The photonic technologies of the RKS will control space debris.

One line:

- The aircraft of the Roscosmos squadron delivered a group of students and cadets of military universities to Moscow from the city of Baikonur;

- The first spacewalk in 2022 is scheduled for January 19;

- The launch of the Soyuz MS-21 manned spacecraft from Baikonur is scheduled for March 18, 2022;

- On March 5, 2022, the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket and 36 OneWeb satellites is scheduled from Baikonur;

- A snapshot of the double crater of Mars;

- The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully deployed a prefabricated mirror.

Astrophoto of the week: penguins against the background of a solar eclipse, the long tail of comet Leonard, the aurora borealis and light pillars in Naryan-Mar.

Do you know?

The great red spot on Jupiter is shrinking.