Two Ukrainians Launched World’s First Satellite into Space Oct. 04, 1957. Both Were Denied...
A Soviet newspaper of early October, 1957: "On 4 October 1957 at 10:28 p.m. Moscow time a violent flash of light illuminated the night...
Gravitational Slingshot Trajectory adopted by Apollo-11 program to reach the Moon is named after...
New Mexico Museum of Space History: "Yuri Vasilievich Kondratyuk (1897-1942). Born as Aleksandr Shargei, he took a new name to avoid persecution during the...
Ukrainian who opened Space to Humankind: Sergei Korolev was born Jan. 12, 1907
The man who would open space to Humankind, Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, was born on 12 January 1907 in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. His mother Maria...
First Sputnik was launched Oct. 4, 1957. Korolev, Glushko were two major contributors to...
Asif Azam Siddiqi is a professor of history with a specialization in the history of science and technology. When the Soviet archives opened in the 1990s,...
Outstanding Ukrainian Rockets. Elon Musk’s Favorite – 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 (For those who would like to know of...
Sergei Korolev and Gagarin’s first human flight into space on April 12, 1961
Asif Azam Siddiqi is a Bangladeshi American space historian and a Guggenheim Fellowship winner. He is a professor of history with a specialization in...
Ukraine reactivates unique S-300V1 strategic air defence system
The unique features of S-300V1 air defense system consist in that is the world’s only truly mobile Anti Ballistic Missile system. The S-300V...
Injustice towards Sergei Korolev after Gagarin’s first man into space flight
Academician Boris Chertok in his three-volume memoirs Rockets and People translated into English and published by NASA's History Division, recollected: "It grieved us when we...
Unfinished AN 225 airplane lies hidden in Kyiv warehouse – CNN
Antonov, however, says finishing the build should be relatively simple.Growing private sector interest in space exploration, tourism and communications -- and the prospect...
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 the Ukrainian Cyclone...
