Space as a platform for peaceful cooperation and interaction
International space stations in the future
Russia and the development of cosmonautics
Cosmos in art and literature
Human colony on the Moon: NASA, Russia, and China's plans for 2026. Construction timelines, budget, base location selection, and main scientific challenges.
Yuri Gagarin – the first man in space. Biography, preparation of the cosmonaut team, the historic flight on April 12, 1961, triumph and worldwide recognition.
Yuri Gagarin – the first man in space. Biography, preparation of the cosmonaut team, the historic flight on April 12, 1961, triumph, and worldwide recognition.
Gagarin's height is 157 centimeters.
Imagine a substance that costs twenty million dollars per kilogram. It is almost never found on Earth, but it is abundantly scattered across the surface of the Moon. It is capable of cooling quantum computers to temperatures close to absolute zero, and perhaps someday will become fuel for clean thermonuclear energy. This is not the plot of a science fiction novel. This is helium-3 — a rare isotope that has today found itself at the center of a new space race.
And yet, when will humanity master the Moon?
Hibernation in astronauts during interplanetary travel