Launch

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission will no longer be the customer on Blue Origin’s first New Glenn launch.  NASA announced Sept. 6 that it is standing down from an October launch window...

Arianespace launched the final mission for the original Vega rocket on Sept. 4, launching the Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite.  Vega was in service for 12 years with 20 successful flights. It...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is approaching its debut launch in a mission for NASA, which could take place in October. New Glenn will launch NASA’s ESCAPADE — Escape and...

Firefly Aerospace has appointed Millennium Space Systems CEO Jason Kim as the launcher’s new CEO. The appointment is effective Oct. 1, 2024, and Kim will join Firefly at the company’s...

Stoke Space received a $4.5 million contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to prototype a commercial point-to-point cargo delivery solution to, through, and from space for defense applications, the...

SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 was grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Thursday morning after the rocket experienced its second mishap of the year the day before. SpaceX will be forced...

Spaceport Cornwall signed a new MoU with the intention of positioning the UK as a world leading location for both crewed and uncrewed flight technology. Alongside Cornwall Airport Newquay, it...

Amazon continues to invest in facilities for its Project Kuiper constellation, announcing a second facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  Last year, Project Kuiper broke ground on a...

A Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) engine exploded on Monday during a hot fire test at the SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland. Video captured by the BBC shows the rocket’s first stage...

SpaceX launched 116 payloads to orbit on Friday in the 11th Transporter dedicated smallsat rideshare mission.  A Falcon 9 rocket launched the mission on Aug. 16 from Vandenberg Space Force...