03 June 2019
Stratolaunch to close operations
... as a huge success, but now the space company behind the aircraft is reported to be closing operations and Stratolaunch’s inaugural flight could end up being its last. Built by the late billionaire and Microsoft Corporation co-founder Paul...
28 August 2019
SpaceX's Skyhopper impresses with its highest test flight
... as early as 2021 SpaceX representatives have said. Although it could one day be the spacecraft that makes the inaugural journey to Mars, SpaceX have said that in the meantime, Starship and Super Heavy will take over...
27 January 2020
US bill spurns Moon programme favouring Mars instead
... and work on the EUS is expected to surge this year as the company gets ready for the SLS’s inaugural flight in 2021. Interestingly, the new bill also directs NASA to develop a human lunar lander “as an integrated lunar...
26 February 2020
Demand soars for space flights with Virgin Galactic
... plane during test flights and is likely to be on the first official trip. The initial seats for the inaugural flight were sold at $250,000 apiece, but customers only pay the full ticket price once...
27 January 2021
Axiom Space unveils crew for first private ISS mission
... the first of several Axiom Space crews whose private missions to the International Space Station will truly inaugurate an expansive future for humans in space – and make a meaningful difference in the world when they return home...
13 July 2022
Sustainability ethos is key driver for UK microgravity firm
... of 250 km and provide around 300 seconds of microgravity before returning to Earth for recovery and re-use. Its inaugural mission is slated for the first half of 2023. Rockets will initially launch from UK Spaceport 1 at Benbecula Airport...
