R-12 ballistic missiles deployed to Cuba during Cuban Crisis were manufactured in Ukraine
" The R-12 was a theatre ballistic missile developed and deployed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Its GRAU designation was 8K63 (8K63U or 8K63У in Cyrillic for silo-launched version),...
Yuzhnoye SDO celebrates successul launch of Antares
"Antares LV consists of two stages and Cygnus cargo vehicle (third stage). Core structure of the Antares’ first stage was developed...
Outstanding Ukrainian Rockets. Elon Musk’s Favorite – the Zenith
CNN's Rapid Fire revealed that SpaceX founder's favorite rocket after his own Falcon 9 is Ukrainian Zenith
https://money.cnn.com/video/news/2015/05/13/elon-musk-rapid-fire-interview-rachel-crane.cnnmoney/index.html
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UK-Ukrainian launch vehicle developer Skyrora to establish smallsat launch site, – SkyNews
"U.K.-based Skyrora has unveiled plans to host a suborbital test flight in the fourth quarter of 2018. As part of its...
Ukrainian who opened Space to Humankind: Sergei Korolev
The man who would open space to humankind, Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, was born on 12 January 1907 (30 Dec 1906 old...
How China Used Ukrainian Missiles to Improve Its Own Nuclear Arsenal – National Interest
Given all the different vectors through which rocket and missile technology are flowing from Ukraine to China, it’s reasonable to...
Canadian Spaceport in Nova Scotia Gets Environment Ministry Approval to Move Forward
"Maritime Launch Services is a Halifax based startup looking to build a spaceport in Nova Scotia to launch satellites. They...
Apollo-11 trajectory to the Moon is named “Kondratyuk Route” after a self-educated Ukrainian who...
Kondratyuk was born as Aleksandr Ignatyevich Shargei on June 21, 1897 in the city of Poltava, in what is now the...
Ukraine in Space
Sergei Korolev - the leading Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer was born in Zhytomir, Ukraine. It is due to his genius,...
Canadian Spaceport for Ukrainian Rocket Animation
The animation, set with local music, guides the user through the various proposed facilities including the integration of payload on...
