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Cosmonauts will use special water during long space missions

The 17th Conference on Space Biology and Medicine

Moscow - TASS
Drinking water possessing new functional properties will protect space crews from radiation during long space flights, including a mission to Mars, as follows from a report to the 17th Conference on Space Biology and Medicine, underway in... Read more
Russian spacecraft with new crew gets into near-Earth orbit

The manned Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft

Kazakhstan - TASS
The manned Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft with three crewmembers of the new expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) has entered the near-Earth orbit and started its autonomous flight to the orbital outpost, Russia’s State Space... Read more
Russia ranks fourth worldwide for number of scientists

Russia is rated fourth in the world for scientific performance

Moscow - TASS
Russia came in fourth globally for the number of citizens employed in the scientific field, after China, the United States and Japan, Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Mikhail Kotyukov told a forum in Moscow on Tuesday.... Read more
Launch of first Jordanian nano- satellite dubbed (JYI-SAT) postponed

The first Jordanian-made nano satellite dubbed (JYI-SAT)

Amman - petra
SpaceX company Monday announced it has postponed the launching of a number of satellites, including the first Jordanian-made nano satellite dubbed (JYI-SAT), which was sechduled to be launched today to conduct "additional pre-flight... Read more
China Focus: Scientists warn of less water supply over melting glacier after 2060

Melting glacier.

Hefei - Xinhua
The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the "Chinese artificial sun," achieved an electron temperature of over 100 million degrees in its core plasma, a key step towards the test running of fusion reactor, a lab... Read more
Russian scientists to create new composite materials for spacecraft engines

Russian scientists to create new composite.

Moscow - TASS
Russian scientists intend to conduct work in 2019-2020 to create new composite materials that can be used in spacecraft engines, according to a program of joint work of the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems and the Siberian branch of the Russian... Read more
Failed launch of Soyuz-FG did not pause probe into hole in Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft

The Soyuz-FG carrier rocket.

Moscow - TASS
The special commission investigating the origin of the hole in the hull of the manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-09, attached to the International Space Station, keeps working in the original mode. The failed launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket on October... Read more
China quickly embracing VR glasses amid technology boom

VR glasses could allow us to make calls.

Nanchang - XINHUA
What will replace smartphones in becoming our most indispensable gadget in daily and digital life? It may be a futuristic and ambitious answer that a pair of virtual reality (VR) glasses could allow us to make calls and surf the digital realm by just moving... Read more