April 12 2019, 10:19

Three news updates for Cosmonautics Day:

1. The most important part of the industry revival project – building a new office for 25 billion.

https://meduza.io/news/2019/04/12/sozdanie-natsionalnogo-kosmicheskogo-tsentra-v-moskve-oboydetsya-v-25-milliardov-rubley-ego-predlozhili-postroit-v-forme-rakety

2. Successful launch of Falcon Heavy by SpaceX. The first booster stage and two rocket boosters were successfully landed, including on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean.

https://meduza.io/video/2019/04/12/spacex-vpervye-vernula-na-zemlyu-oba-uskoritelya-i-pervuyu-stupen-falcon-heavy-vot-kak-eto-bylo

https://meduza.io/news/2019/04/12/spacex-provela-pervyy-kommercheskiy-zapusk-rakety-falcon-heavy-na-orbitu-vyveden-saudovskiy-sputnik-svyazi

3. Image of a black hole’s shadow captured. Made possible by collaboration of scientists and telescopes.

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