The planned orbital illumination system seeks to deliver sunlight after dark.
Space Forge is looking to manufacture semiconductor materials in orbit, where the microgravity enables cleaner crystals.
The increasing involvement of nation states and corporations in the space race is bound to produce impacts down below.
The company plans to launch its SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane on Thursday morning with a six-person crew on board.
Stratolaunch purchased Virgin Orbit's modified Boeing 747 rocket launcher named Cosmic Girl for $17 million, with other assets going to three different bidders.
Axiom Space and Virgin Galactic are hoping to launch astronauts to space in late May, but these companies have very different missions in mind.
The dramatic footage shows a Falcon Heavy fairing blazing through the atmosphere at speeds reaching Mach 15.
The triple-core rocket blasted off on Sunday evening to deliver three satellites to a high Earth orbit.
The company won't be able to salvage any of the three boosters, as the giant rocket is on a mission to send its payloads directly to a high Earth orbit.
The rocket was too small and its price tag was too big.
Lauren Sánchez—an experienced pilot—expects to lead the crew on a New Shepard rocket, which may not launch again until next year.
The majestic Falcon Heavy is now expected to take flight on Sunday, January 14 at 5:56 p.m. ET.
The powerful rocket, packed with a classified military payload, is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center on Saturday evening.
The 230-foot-tall rocket flew for the first time since 2019, delivering a classified payload for the U.S. Space Force.
Luxembourg’s defense department wants to evaluate Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne system as a means for “strengthening” NATO and other allies.
The Saudi astronauts will accompany NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and veteran race car driver John Shoffner during the upcoming private mission.
One Senator said on “a different day with a different mission, this vehicle’s anomaly could have put human lives in danger.”
Early speculation suggests there’s something wrong with the rocket’s BE-3 engine, which would spell bad news for Blue Origin.
A Boeing 747 carrier aircraft named Cosmic Girl will release a two-stage rocket after reaching an altitude of 35,000 feet.
Inspired by SpaceX, the U.S. startup is hoping to reuse its Electron rocket boosters to reduce launch costs.
