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Not only in the USA private rockets are produced. In the UK, for example, Sky Hy can be used for the investigation of the earth's magnetic field. Or nano rockets for launch simulation.

Rocket XL made by the UK company Skyrora can place payloads into Sun-Synchronous Orbit over a range of 500 km to 1000km altitude, as well as polar orbit over a range of 200 km up to 1000km.

As far as I know, Elon Musk aims to send the first colonies to Mars, not to the Moon.

After reaching Titan, the mission will last for about 2.5 years, NASA said. During this time, the spacecraft will carry out about 25 flights, covering a total of about 180 km.

This system allows to lower loads to Mars not heavier than 1 ton, and future missions to this planet will become heavier - up to 3 tons and more. According to calculations, the landing of humans on Mars will require the delivery of vehicles weighing 15–20 tons. Therefore, NASA continues to find...

The device will approach the Sun at a record close distance of about 6 million kilometers, entering the solar corona, by 2024. No other spacecraft has ever flown so close to the star. But Parker will make the first rendezvous of about 24 million kilometers in November 2018.

According to the plan, the aircraft should hit the surface of the neighboring planet in February 2021. The Martian helicopter will not carry any research equipment. The device will be equipped with only one high-resolution color camera, with the help of which scientists will study hard-to-reach...