Russia and China just agreed to build a research station on the moon together… – Inoltre: L’Agenzia spaziale USA ha qualche problema?
China and Russia plan to build a lunar research station together. It’s unclear when the lunar outpost will be built.
Leaders of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and Roscosmos, Russia’s federal space agency, signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday (March 9) on the construction of a moon outpost called the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS).
“The ILRS is a comprehensive scientific experiment base with the capability of long-term autonomous operation, built on the lunar surface and/or [in] lunar orbit that will carry out multi-disciplinary and multi-objective scientific research activities such as lunar exploration and utilization, lunar-based observation, basic scientific experiment[s] and technical verification,” CNSA officials wrote in an announcement Tuesday.
Related: Latest news about China’s space program – By Mike Wall
https://www.space.com/russia-china-moon-research-station-agreement
Inoltre:
L’Agenzia spaziale USA ha qualche problema?
Here’s how NASA just booked a last-minute trip to space on a Russian Soyuz
https://www.space.com/nasa-astronaut-soyuz-seat-april-2021
It’s no easy feat to get to space with just two months’ notice — even for NASA.
But in February, the agency announced it wanted a seat on the next Russian Soyuz launch, currently scheduled to lift off on April 9. And unlike recent flights, when NASA has paid Russia to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station, the agency wants to instead exchange, likely, a flight on a U.S. spaceship.
On Tuesday (March 9), NASA announced that astronaut Mark Vande Hei would fill that seat, confirming hints circulating through the spaceflight community. The assignment comes with just a month of notice, far shorter than is typical, and the full implications of the announcement remain unclear.
The request came at short notice, but reflects long-standing NASA priorities. “At NASA, we have a phrase we use often — dissimilar redundancy,” Robyn Gatens, acting director for the International Space Station at NASA, said in a statement released Feb. 9. “That’s NASA speak for saying we always have a back-up plan that ensures we have a path forward even if we encounter an issue with our initial approach.” (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-weighs-options-for-additional-crew-transportation-for-spring-soyuz-mission-to-space/)
(Notizie diramate da Jure Eler)
