... The laboratory is now a separate department at UCL (Department of Space and Climate Physics) with about 150 staff and has been involved in 35 space missions and more than 200 rocket flights. ...
... In 1960s using ballistic rockets R-5, he directed the UV and X-ray observations of the Sun and stars (the first launch was on February 15, 1961 from Kapustin- Yar base). ...