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What crops are most suitable for growing in zero gravity? What difficulties did scientists face when trying to grow vegetables and greens in space? What does the innovative Russian space greenhouse look like?

Junior researcher of the Astro Space Center (ASC) of the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LPI RAS) Vyacheslav Avdeev describes the most unusual extraterrestrial oceans and the search for water on the closest planets and their moons

What do astronauts eat? How have approaches to space diets and their production technologies changed? What kind of research is conducted to provide astronauts with food during long-term missions?

The scientist spoke about the mysteries of quasars, the study of the early Universe and deep space exploration, and, of course, about LPI RAS projects and his own path to science

On January 27, 1967, the USSR, the United States, and the United Kingdom signed the Outer Space Treaty

Read in this Scientific Russia article about the types of rocket propellants that are used today, and about promising developments

These are the main space research highlights of the year

In 2029, Russian scientists plan to send a research mission to Venus. This will be the first research in the history of modern Russia

Under Babakin’s leadership, Mars 3, Venera 7, Luna 9, and other spacecraft were created.

Carl Sagan played a key role in the US space program

Academician Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel, Soviet designer of space rocket systems, was born on November 7