ABL loses rocket after static-fire test Original Publication Date: 2024-07-23 09:09 ABL Space Systems says its RS1 rocket suffered "irrecoverable" Damage in a fire after a test firing. The company has kept a low profile in recent months as it prepared for the launch. The launch was to be the ...

Governments to be major customers of future Axiom Space private astronaut missions Original Publication Date: 2023-02-01 07:05 Axiom Space says customers for its upcoming private astronaut missions are dominated by governments. Company's second mission to the station, tentatively scheduled to ...

First Virgin Orbit U.K. launch fails Original Publication Date: 2023-01-10 01:39 Virgin Orbit's first launch from the United Kingdom failed to reach orbit. The company incorrectly reported that the rocket's upper stage and payloads had reached orbit. It was the sixth LauncherOne mission for the ...

Apex raises seed round to mass produce smallsats Original Publication Date: 2022-10-24 13:00 Los Angeles-based Apex announced Oct. 24 it raised a $7.5 million seed round. Apex plans to enter the satellite manufacturing market with a bus called Aries. The bus is designed to support a range of ...

First JWST images excite and relieve astronomers Original Publication Date: 2022-07-12 22:49 NASA releases first science observations from the James Webb Space Telescope. Observations include images of the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region previously observed in lower resolution by the ...