Moment rocket engine explodes during launch test in ShetlandA rocket engine has exploded during a launch test at the UK's new spaceport in Shetland.The test was being carried out ...

1 day agoBy Jonathan Amos, @BBCAmos, Science correspondentMoment Ariane-6 takes off for first missionEurope's big new rocket, Ariane-6, has blasted off on its maiden flight.The vehicle set off from a launchpad in ...

In a letter to staff, seen by the BBC, Stuart Crooks, the managing director of Hinkley Point C, said there were 7,000 substantial design changes required by British regulations ...

An object found on an Australian beach led to speculation it may be debris from India's Moon mission. Source link

China has sent three astronauts to its Tiangong Space Station, putting a civilian into orbit for the first time. The Shenzhou-16 mission took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch ...

Rival start-up Rocket Lab has bought most of Virgin Orbit's headquarters in California as well as other assets. The company's Boeing 747 plane, which was converted to help launch ...

If Sir Richard Branson's company can claim one key separator, it ought to be responsiveness - the ability with its jumbo jet platform to launch from anywhere at short ...

Virgin Orbit will cease operations for the foreseeable future, according to media reports. Source link

Virgin Orbit says a dislodged filter caused a rocket engine to overheat, leading to a malfunction. Source link

The first ever satellite mission launched from UK soil has a technical problem on its climb to space. Source link

Josef Aschbacher is director general of the European Space Agency (Esa): "We have to make sure that Orion is powered safely to the Moon, circles the Moon, and then, ...

The Space Launch System edges closer to a maiden flight after concluding a tanking demonstration. Source link