February 2017
Growing space agency dilemma
... brought space to the attention of the man or woman in the street. These accomplishments and rocket systems such as Proton, Soyuz, the H-2, Ariane 5 or the Space Shuttle have helped the public embrace the wonder and vision...
May 2017
India confirms commercial launch intent
... obtained from various sources, show that a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch costs Rs 381 crores; other rockets-a Russian Proton Rs 455 crores; Japan’s H-11A, Chinese Long March, Arianespace Ariane-5 and the American Atlas 5 each cost...
November 2017
Radiation protection for space colonists and travellers
... of radiation we have to worry about is particulate radiation, which will usually be in the form of free high-speed electrons, protons (the simplest hydrogen nucleus) or more massive atomic nuclei. These nuclei are usually hydrogen or helium and...
July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
... Revolution (November 1967) but delays in development of the rocket (which eventually evolved into the very successful Proton still in use today) meant that unmanned flights of the rocket plus capsule around the Moon were...
August 2019
Lessons from the Sun
... any subsequent ejecta along the Sun-Earth line. In their wake, they left a tenuous trail of energised protons - fodder for one of the largest solar energetic particle (SEP) events of the Space Age. Data from...
September 2019
Extending the life of geostationary orbit satellites
... completed thermal vacuum tests in the company’s factory in advance of shipment to the Baikonur launch site for launch on a Proton rocket. MEV-1 will be followed into service by MEV-2, currently being assembled alongside MEV-1. Like MEV-1, MEV...
