Roscosmos
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities,[Note 1] also known as Roscosmos (Russian: Роскосмос), is a state corporation of the Russian Federation. They focus on the country's space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace research.
Roscosmos State Space Corporation | |
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Abbreviation | ROSCOSMOS |
Formation | 25 February 1992 (as the Russian Space Agency) |
Headquarters | Moscow |
Official languages | Russian |
Administrator | Dmitry Rogozin |
Primary spaceport | |
Budget | 176 billion rubles (2020)[1] (US$2.77 billion) |
Staff | 170,500 (2020) |
Website | www.roscosmos.ru |
Roscosmos Media
The Hall of Space Technology in the Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, Kaluga, Russia. The exhibition includes the models and replicas of the following Russian/Soviet inventions:*the first satellite, Sputnik 1 (a ball under the ceiling);*the first spacesuits (lower-left corner);*the first human spaceflight module, the Vostok 3KA (center);*the first Molniya-type satellite (upper right corner);*the first space rover, Lunokhod 1 (lower right);*the first space station, Salyut 1 (left);*the first modular space station, Mir (upper left).
Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov on EVA (February 2012)
The Zarya module was the first module of the ISS, launched in 1998.
The Galenki RT-70 radio telescope, it is among the largest single dish radio telescopes in the world.
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References
- ↑ В Роскосмосе сравнили свой бюджет и NASA. 11 February 2020. https://tass.ru/ekonomika/7734535. Retrieved 17 February 2020.