July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
... leaders effectively had to persuade the military to fund rocket technology that would be suitable for space missions on...humans to the Moon or beyond would require an extremely powerful rocket. Following the shock caused by the Soviets beating the US ...
April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
...horizontal launch spaceport generally requires an operating airport serving an existing aviation market, but the release of the rocket element of the launch system can be at some distance from the ground facility. Supporting suborbital flights, which...
10 August 2021
NASA-funded commercial Moon mission to launch from New Zealand
... navigation technologies and verifying the dynamics of this halo-shaped orbit. The mission is the first time Rocket Lab will use its Photon spacecraft platform as a trans-lunar injection stage to place a satellite on a trajectory that...
15 July 2016
The Week in Space: Business Digest, July 8-15
... Safran Launchers, prime contractor for Ariane 5 and Ariane 6 rockets; Deimos Space UK, associated with Firefly Space Systems (USA); ... as the second quarter of 2017. Aside from Planet, Rocket Lab also has a three-launch contract with Moon Express...
05 March 2019
New British spaceflight company set for launch
... UK. The difference with their approach is in the unique launch system Black Arrow are developing; seaborne rocket launches – commercial rockets launched from ships! This will enable the UK to offer a unique service unavailable elsewhere in the world...
12 December 2019
Blue Origin's New Shepard makes 12th test flight
... of the vehicle. One day, a capsule affixed to the rocket's summit will carry six astronaut passengers on a trip that accelerates... with minimal refurbishment between flights. This particular rocket has been an operational payload vehicle for several...
