10 February 2017
UK pledges cash for commercial launch capabilities
..., interested parties have been asked to develop competitive, commercial and safe spaceflight proposals for UK-based satellite launch services and sub-orbital flights. Businesses expected to bid for a share of the newly allocated funding are likely...
06 May 2019
Japan's first private rocket launches successfully
... flight test in 2020. As with many NewSpace start-ups, Interstellar’s goal is to provide ultra low cost, reliable launch services to capitalise on the growth in the small satellite market and Horie is hopeful of his new business; “I’m hoping that...
24 February 2021
Orbex commissions industrial 3D printer for rocket engines
... only UK spaceport to receive planning permission, with construction expected to begin during 2021 and the first orbital launch expected in 2022. Uniquely for a commercial rocket, Prime is fuelled by bio-propane, a clean-burning, renewable fuel which...
24 May 2021
A CubeSat that produces visible light on the ground to be launched in NASA initiative
... helping to bridge gaps in knowledge and, ultimately, accelerate technology,” says Sam Fonder, program executive, Launch Services Office. Promoted as an educational-based mission, the idea behind LightCube however is already garnering scepticism from...
28 September 2022
Firms pioneer embryo conception mission for ‘space mice'
... next year of the ARTIS (Assisted Reproduction Technology in Space) mission which will use Independence-X’s low-cost launch service and re-entry capsule. “Our ARTIS prototype is in full development to prepare for the first test flight. Our...
29 March 2019
NASA's Mars helicopter completes flight tests
... project at JPL in Pasadena, California, manages rover development for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters. NASA's Launch Services Program, based at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is responsible for...
