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Astronaut Anna Kikina said: “We named our crew ‘Tigris’, after the Amur tiger. The tiger is a strong cat and seeks to achieve its goals quietly. The Amur tiger is also threatened with extinction on our planet, and we must preserve this species of tigers.”
Roscosmos had previously indicated that it plans to launch the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft on June 14, which will carry to the International Space Station the two Russian astronauts: Piotor Dubrov and Anna Kikina, and the American astronaut Anil Menon.
The mission's backup crew consists of Russian astronauts Dmitry Petilin and Konstantin Borisov, and American astronaut Denise Burnham.
It is noteworthy that on July 15, 2022, the Russian Roscosmos Foundation announced the signing of an agreement with NASA regarding joint space flights to the International Space Station, which includes sending American astronauts aboard Russian “Soyuz” vehicles and Russian astronauts aboard American Crew Dragon vehicles. In January last year, “RosCosmos” and NASA announced the extension of the joint space flight program until the years 2025-2026.
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The Korean lunar probe "Danori" captured images of a crater caused by the collision of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket with the surface of the moon, providing an opportunity to analyze the impact of the collision and the spread of debris.

The upper layer of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket hit the surface of the moon, where scientists in Chile detected a debris cloud and chemical fingerprints, amid plans for NASA to photograph the site.

NASA has published images observed by the Curiosity rover showing geological formations on Mars that resemble beehives in the Valle Grande region, an unprecedented extension in size of these polygonal patterns.
NASA revealed its plan to establish a manned station on the moon by 2032, amid estimates by the Planetary Society that the cost of the PROMISE lunar rover would exceed the billion-dollar barrier, while the agency’s director rejected these estimates, stressing that the project was being studied seriously.
NASA confirmed that work on extending the International Space Station's cross-flight agreement usually takes place a year to a year and a half ago, amid previous assurances from Bruce Cosmos that it will continue until the end of the station's life.