space technology, usually, associated with the future, but the United States in this field are stuck in the past, writes Der Standard newspaper.
Author notes, that by the end of their era, American ships were flying with outdated on-board computers, while the Russian "Unions" were created using technology, which can be constantly improved.
One example of Russian leadership is a new generation of spacesuits, which Russians use on the International Space Station.
American products are designed more 40 years ago. Their design was for 15 years, and is now very outdated.. This circumstance increases the risk for astronauts, writes the newspaper, citing NASA experts.
The author recalled the incident, what happened to the Italian astronaut about 5 years ago: During a spacewalk, Luca Parmitano had a malfunction in his American spacesuit - the carbon dioxide sensor stopped functioning, and then the astronaut felt the water, which began to flood his face. Tragedy didn't happen, however, subsequent thorough testing of the suits showed, that they are in critical condition. NASA is working on new spacesuits today, however, their creation may take several years.
Russia has gone far ahead on this issue., According to the publication. Today, cosmonauts use modern spacesuits "Orlan-ISS", in which an automatic cooling system is built in, and a special sensor will warn in case of fluid leakage. Besides, new material makes the space suit much stronger.
reported, that Oleg Kononenko and Sergey Prokopiev recently tested new spacesuits during an operation on the ISS with a spacewalk.
Meanwhile, the Russian rocket and space industry reported, that the launch of Rokot launch vehicles will be completed in 2019 year. The last two launches of rockets with toxic fuel components will take place at the Plesetsk cosmodrome. They will launch Gonets-M communication satellites and the Geo-IK-2 geodetic apparatus into orbit. The missile control system was produced at the Ukrainian enterprise "Khartron". Currently, the possibility of creating a carrier "Rokot-2" with a Russian control system is being considered..
