December 2014
Gods and space
Getting a helping hand – An Orthodox priest performs a blessing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan, ahead of the Soyuz launch that carried Expedition 41 to the International Space Station in September 2014
19 March 2021
NASA conducts successful test of its massive SLS Moon rocket
... more than eight minutes, just like it will during every Artemis launch to the Moon. The longer duration hot fire tested a variety ...designed to help fly, track, and steer the rocket during launch and flight. Prior tests in the Green Run test series ...
March 2018
Enabling private sector success in space - SGAC perspective
...in funds that supported the creation of approximately 2,175 American jobs, and $474.46 million in GDP. Contracts for launch and cargo services, as well as vehicle development, are also a significant investment in the private sector. The US Government...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
... essentially civil missiles. Indeed, one of the most successful current launchers is Soyuz - the ‘modified missile’ that launched the first satellite in 1957. The situation is little better in human spaceflight, the only operational transport systems...
September 2024
Hypersonics and the route to orbit
... a runway and return to that same runway, having delivered a payload to orbit, is the ultimate space launch technology. Perhaps that is why serious engineering concepts have been published on the subject since the early ...
May 2026
Mars exploration – the nuclear option
... Electric Propulsion (NEP) powered by a single onboard nuclear reactor. The system architecture consists of a 124,000 kg spacecraft launched into low Earth orbit (LEO) using a conventional chemical propulsion system. Once in orbit, the chemical stage...
