Virgin Orbit attempted to carry out the first satellite launch from the United Kingdom on Monday with the first LauncherOne mission out of Spaceport Cornwall. LauncherOne was dropped from Virgin’s Cosmic Girl carrier aircraft off the coast of Ireland at approximately 23:11 UTC, and flight appeared nominal through stage 2 ignition and fairing separation, although updates from Virgin Orbit during the flight were intermittent.
Boeing, the prime contractor for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage, is adding two…
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NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) have released the…
Nine months after valve issues caused its previous launch attempt to be scrubbed, Boeing’s Starliner…
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While many cultures celebrated their respective holiday traditions on Earth, the crew of the International…
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Firefly Aerospace suffered a failure during the first orbital flight of their small satellite launch…
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and prime launch processing contractor Jacobs hoisted the in-space stage…
The first Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage is now being readied for the program’s…
Small satellite launch company Virgin Orbit has successfully launched it’s LauncherOne rocket on its first…
Northrop Grumman launched three national security payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on the…
After a month of thermal protection system foam repairs and other preparations, workers with NASA’s…
The Core Stage of NASA’s first Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle arrived at the Kennedy…
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program is looking at a wide range of forecasts for…
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launched from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base…
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) program and prime Core Stage contractor Boeing wrapped up the…
