October 2023
Space architecture on Earth
... the other end of the spectrum, the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia is cutting-edge steel-and-glass modern. There are now ...Early on, rocket stages were simply abandoned where they fell. Russia’s Proton rocket, for example, used hydrazine fuels, not ...
October 2015
Russian business: a long road to the stars for private space initiative
... is a major achievement, especially if we remember that hybrid engines, although designed in the USSR, have not been used in Russia since 1934. In the US, in contrast, hybrid engines help drive the private space initiative. It is a shame indeed that...
March 2016
From Sanctuary to Battlefield
... methods. Secrecy and the relative ignorance of space matters among large swathes of the policymaking echelons in the US, Russia and China makes it even more difficult to formulate principles The result is that the US space architecture is becoming...
October 2021
A US space strategy for 2050: shaping a domain on the cusp
... corresponding short, medium and long-term recommendations. Russia conducting a test of its direct-ascent anti-satellite... international condemnation for its production of debris. Both Russia and China reorganised and elevated their space forces in...
25 February 2022
Space Station rides above international conflict
... a US orbital segment. Speaking yesterday (Thursday) US President Joe Biden said the new sanctions would “degrade their [Russia's] aerospace industry, including their space programme”, leading Rogozin to respond by saying say they [the sanctions] had...
December 2014
Skolkovo and a new breed of Russian space startups
... In 2014, the company built the DX1 satellite for Russia and two Perseus-M micro-satellites in the US. All ... goal for itself: to lay the groundwork for private astronautics in Russia. Three directions were established: space to Earth, Earth to space...
