October 2015
Japan’s H-IIA rocket: beautiful, accurate, and on-time
... the heaviest payloads into orbit and a radical, reusable launcher. The H-IIA rocket developed by NASDA (Japan’s National Space Development Agency) has been Japan’s flagship rocket since its first flight in 2001. In 2007, the launch business for...
October 2015
Green cosmonautics: an ideal to strive for
...green space technology prototypes and ideas are:6 Minimisation of Earth-based cosmic infrastructure (ECI) areas Development of reusable rockets and one-stage, multi-environment launch vehicles Taking non-functioning spacecraft out of orbit At Aerojet...
April 2020
Plasma Clipper - opening the age of sail, in space travel
... of 41,000. It sounds a lot, but what does that actually mean? In real world examples, the Saturn V – the rocket developed to support the Apollo programme – launched a payload that was 1/2000 of what it weighed sitting on the pad. Bear...
07 May 2018
Smallest rocket by Jaxa sets a Guiness World record
...by successfully launching its S5-520-5 vehicle; the smallest orbital rocket to reach space measuring just 9.54 metres in height and ... for rocket development and operation that our country cultivated for years, the unprecedentedly small rocket launch ...
17 January 2025
Investigation launched after SpaceX Spaceship 7 explodes
... after a successful debut launch of the New Glenn rocket developed by rival Blue Origin. Videos posted on social media showed the...orbit. The fifth Jielong-3 (Smart Dragon-3) solid propellant rocket lifted off from a specially converted sea barge off the...
November 2016
Turning the Solar System into our backyard
... Dutch students from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands decided they wanted to extend their extracurricular activity of rocket development to a professional level. This is how the idea was born to start a sounding...
