July 2016
France, Europe and Russia - two decades of space launch cooperation
... its already existing launch assets - including the heavy launcher Proton, as well as the Soyuz used for manned missions -.... This resulted in a joint commercialisation of the Russian Proton heavy launcher, which was by then mostly dedicated to ...
09 March 2016
Components of ExoMars 2016 come together in preparation of launch next week
... to the Baikonur cosmosdrome where they were paired with the Proton launch vehicle that will carry the spacecraft on its mission ... out in cooperation with Roscosmos, who are providing the proton rockets. The main objectives of the 2016 mission are ...
March 2017
Planetary nebulae may hold clue in search of helium-3
... formed in the first 10 seconds to 20 minutes after the Big Bang in a process known as nucleosynthesis, when free-floating protons and neutrons bonded together to produce atoms of increasing mass. Essentially all of the elements that are heavier...
May 2021
Forecasting space-weather effects on Earth
... 24 hours. When the pulses of solar wind reach Earth, they energise Earth’s magnetosphere, accelerating electrons and protons trapped along the magnetic field lines to the point where many collide with atoms in the atmosphere...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
... perform important activities even in the midst of a proton storm. Also, consistent with the ALARA radiation protection ...occurrence is unpredictable and not guaranteed to occur during EM-1, proton exposure from the Van Allen belts, which are similar...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
...announcing a serious decision to enter the commercial launches market. At the same time, ILS – the main provider of Proton-M rockets – could potentially lose a 15 percent share of the commercial market, going from 40 percent to 25 percent. The amount...
