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Space Chronicle Volume 1-4 October 2021 BLACK ARROW SPECIAL EDITION

Contents

FLIGHT OF THE ARROW
The story of the first all-British satellite launch
Grifffith J. Ingram

ROCKET RELICS
Black Arrow-related exhibits at the Science Museum, London
Doug Millard

PEROXIDE BONDS
The development of hydrogen peroxide rocket motors
John Harlow

POWER PLAYS
The politics behind the decision to scrap Britain's launch capability
Doug Millard

KEY DATES
Milestones in Black Arrow's development
John Harlow

NUCLEAR ARROW
Could Black Arrow have inadventently become a nuclear threat?
Mark Hempsell

BLACK ARROW COMES HOME
How a replica of the rocket was created for the Wight Aviation Museum
Tony Smart

THEN AND NOW
The Editor talks to Alan Thompson of next-generation UK rocket builder Skyrora
David Shayler

In its second year, a completely revitalised Space Chronicle saw the magazine attain its own identity, totally separate to the JBIS from which it first sprang 40 years ago.

Space Chronicle Volume 1-3 July 2021

Contents

FIRST AND LAST SHUTTLES
Remembering the launches of STS-1 and STS-135
Ben Evans

RIPE FOR INSPECTION
The shadowy world of Russia's inspector satellites
Phillip S. Clark

DAWN OF THE DRONE
The singular story of Archibald Low, father of radio-controlled aircraft
Steve Mills

ROCKET REVOLUTIONARY
The life and times of Soviet Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky
A.V. Glushko and N.I. Shilo

Space Chronicle Volume 1-2 April 2021

Contents

FROM ALMAZ TO SALYUT
Marking the 50th anniversary of the world's first orbiting space station
Grujica S. Ivanovich

LIAISON DANGEREUSE
The story of two of Europe's earliest rocket pioneers
Jean-Jacques Serra

SNOOPY, COME HOME!
Hypothetical scenarios for the recovery of the Apollo 10 LM ascent stage
Samuel Benjamin

EAR TO THE SKY
Following the Soviet space programme on short wave radio in the 1970s and '80s
George Spiteri

Space Chronicle Volume 1-1 January 2021

Contents

BACK FROM THE BRINK
Marking the 50th anniversary of Apollo 14 - science at Fra Mauro
Michael Bryce

INSTANT IMAGING
A history of Soviet television reconnaissance satellites
Bart Hendricks

AHEAD OF HIS TIME
The story of a forgotten Indian rocket pioneer
Gurbir Singh