Virgin Orbit’s “Start Me Up” mission may have ended up in failure earlier in this last week — but it is not the first time that the UK has been involved in horizontal launches. In 1994, a British firm ...

Having the capability to launch satellites from UK soil has been a long time coming. The recent attempted launch from Cornwall did not succeed, despite high hopes. Nevertheless, it marks an ambitious ...

There's a "bubbling of excitement" in the team preparing for the UK's first orbital rocket launch but they are "laser sharp" as final checks are carried out, says the mission's boss. The Start Me Up ...

A company behind a rocket engine which exploded during a test at the UK's new spaceport in Shetland could still be the first in Europe to carry out vertical launches into orbit. German firm Rocket ...

The first ever orbital space launch from the UK could take place later today. Virgin Orbit is hoping to launch a rocket carrying a payload of satellites into space from Spaceport Cornwall at Newquay's ...