Lt. Gen. John Shaw said this week there’s a growing need for on-demand launch capabilities that can be leveraged to replace ...

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The Virgin Orbit launch was intended to be a demonstration of the UK’s plan to be a space nation of the future, launching unprecedented rockets and satellites into orbit. A former passenger ...

It indicates the ability to send an email. An curved arrow pointing right. Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit on Monday attempted to launch a rocket from the UK, which would have been the country's ...

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Virgin Orbit’s modified Boeing 747 jet — dubbed ... including US-based companies such as Firefly and Astra. CNN’s Hanna Ziady contributed to this report.

Virgin Orbit’s pioneering rocket stopped working mid-flight, causing it to tumble back down to Earth in a spectacular fireball, the company has revealed. The private space launch company had ...

Thorpe says that despite the failure of this inaugural launch from the U.K., it could still inspire other European countries to invest in spaceports and join the aerospace industry. Virgin Orbit ...

Virgin Orbit said Thursday its first attempt to launch satellites into orbit from the U.K. failed after its rocket's upper stage prematurely shut down. In a statement Thursday, Virgin Orbit said ...

Although the first ever orbital launch from UK soil ended in failure earlier this month, Virgin Orbit's operations at ... with East Anglian firm Gravitilab Aerospace Services to launch a ...