Two Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) five-segment solid rocket boosters will help launch the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida as early as August 29, 2022, as part of...

Prestwick Spaceport has welcomed two industry leading rocket businesses to work with Astraius, its launch service provider, as the site gears up for the first launch in 2024. Astraius, the UK-based, horizontal launch company, has partnered with two new industry...

Researchers led by the University of Central Florida (UCF) and funded by a $10 million NASA University Leadership Initiative are aiming to accelerate aviation sustainability by examining the role ammonia could play as an alternative to fossil jet fuel –...

Experts and innovators from across the space sector supply chain are invited to meet at Farnborough, as registration for the must-attend Space-Comm Expo, taking place 7-8 September 2022, opens. Brought to the industry by leading organisers Hub Exhibitions, in partnership...

Orbex has unveiled the first full-scale prototype of the Prime orbital space rocket on its dedicated launch pad publicly for the first time. The unveiling of the first of a new generation of European launch vehicles – designed to launch...

Globally focused strategic space marketing firm AstroAgency, headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, has announced it will team up with a Dubai-based space investment and advisory company AzurX, to support space businesses in both regions, access new development opportunities and forge collaborative...

Employment in the UK space sector hit 46,995 in 2020, up from 44,040 in 2019: an increase of 2,955 (6.7%). Sector income increased in nominal terms from £16.4 billion to £16.5 billion, with exports counting for around a third (32%)...

BAE Systems has acquired In-Space Missions, a UK company that designs, builds and operates satellites and satellite systems. The acquisition will combine BAE Systems’ experience in highly secure satellite communications with In-Space Missions’ full lifecycle satellite capability, to make a...