Nestled inside a protective aluminum shell is a silicon disc about the size of a United States half dollar. Inscribed on this disc are microscopic messages from leaders of 73 nations solicited by Thomas Paine, then head of NASA.

Roscosmos is planning to spend more than $963 million to develop the rocket. Subsequently, the project’s scientific and technical developments are to be used in creating the super-heavy lift vehicle Energia-5, which Rogozin mentioned in his message.

The Polyot Production Association in the city of Omsk will begin mass production of Angara launch vehicles in 2022-2023

Dmitry Rogozin has announced the deployment of the Sfera (‘Sphere’) satellite system in 2022 using the Angara A5 heavy-lift launch vehicle.

Mikhail Kotov, Russian journalist and space industry expert, talks about Proton and its future in light of the recent announcements about the end of the most popular Russian rocket.

The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is carrying out critical work in terms of inspiring and guiding young people that wish to forge careers in the space industry. This support is provided by a dedicated team working at SGAC that are constantly focused on the delivery of the organisation’s vision. Torsten Kriening spoke to Andrea Jaime, former Executive Director of SGAC to find out more about its importance to our future space sector and its work.

On July 10, the 2018 Progress MS-09 (Progress 70 or 70P as identified by NASA) resupply vehicle made history by reaching the International Space Station in the record-short time of only 3 hours and 40 minutes (and two orbits) after launch.

The scientific and educational satellites SiriusSat-1 and SiriusSat-2 were assembled by schoolchildren at the center for gifted education Sirius in the city of Sochi in cooperation with the specialists of the Russian private space company SPUTNIX.

GK Launch Services and Lavochkin Research and Production Association have signed an agreement on the Fregat upper stage production, its adaptation to the launch vehicle and its delivery to the Baikonur cosmodrome.

On May 30-31, 2018 the annual Arctic15 event dedicated to establishing links between startups, corporations and investors was held in Helsinki, Finland.