The new design also evolved to support the orbital assembly of deep-space vehicles. Their progress in the Space Race propelled the U.S. to the moon 50 years ago. Although, the known accuracy of the tracking data is lower than possible differences in orbital parameters between the two satellites, the fact of a very close rendezvous (between the inspector and its target) could hardly be doubted, Lissov wrote. Editor's Note: Live video from the International Space Station includes … Новости космонавтики, публикации, фотоархив. By December 9, the US radar detected the first maneuver of the new satellite, designated 2019-079D in the US and Kosmos-2543 in Russia, which boosted its perigee by four kilometers. It happened in 1967 when cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov was killed when the parachute that was supposed to settle his Soyuz 1 capsule gently on the ground failed to open. Explore more on Russia Space. According to his predictions, on February 22, the two spacecraft were to fly within 221 and 421 kilometers from each other and on February 26, they would pass as close as 153 and 790 kilometers. Disaster in Soviet Space . google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; Plans for building a future orbiting outpost from scratch instead of separating its newest modules from the retiring International Space Station, ISS, depends on converting the yet-to-be-launched Science and Power Module, NEM, into the core of the future station. In early 2020, Russian engineers completed a proposal for a modular Earth-orbiting outpost, which could succeed the International Space Station, ISS, and provide the nation's space program with a back-up destination in case Moscow's lunar ambitions wither due to lack of funding or political will. Пилотируемая космонавтика: 60 лет 12 апреля 1961 г. человек полетел в космос. var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i