At the top of Rospatent’s list is a space scanner that, upon detecting a potentially dangerous object, detaches from the spacecraft and advances toward it to modify its trajectory.

Other innovations are a stimulator to prevent atrophy of muscles during prolonged stay in weightless conditions and a cocktail based on milk and nuts to compensate for the deficiency of Е and К vitamins and Zn and Mg microelements.

The list of inventions also includes an aggregator of extraterrestrial nano-objects, a construction robot for orbital works, a transport drone and a continuous communications relay satellite.

According to Rospatent, the largest Russian companies in the technology sector have presented more than 1,200 inventions and utility models for space exploration in the last six years.

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