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Vietnamese people in Egypt, Russia celebrate lunar New Year

A get-together to celebrate the lunar New Year (Tet) festival for Vietnamese people living, working and studying in Egypt was hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in the African country on January 31. ....

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Russian defence chiefs release images of 'space cannon' missile


Shchit-2 was a Soviet-era missile created to protect the Almaz military space stations from foreign threats.
An example of the missile is currently displayed in a restricted area at NPO Mashinostroyenia, a rocket design bureau based in Reutov, Russia, alongside an earlier version - called the Shchit-1.
The Shchit-1 featured a 23mm cannon and is the only gun to ever be fired in space, reported The Drive, as far as public information suggests.
The Almaz programme was a hidden effort by the Soviets to weaponise their space station - which was just a civilian endeavour as far as the rest of the world was aware. ....

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Yuri Gagarin became the first person to launch into space 60 years ago today


It is 60 years since Russian pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to leave the embrace of planet Earth and venture into space. 
To mark the occasion people, space agencies and governments around the world are celebrating the International Day of Human Space Flight in his honour.  
On April 12, 1961 the 27-year-old Gagarin climbed in his Vostok 1 capsule, ready for the 108 minute flight, shouting Poyekhali! - Off we go! - as the rockets fired. 
Gagarin launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome where Roscosmos Soyuz flights to the International Space Station (ISS) are still being launched.
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet paid tribute to Gagarin, saying he is a paragon for all astronauts and cosmonauts that have followed in his footsteps.   ....

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