US proposes ‘deep space radar’ in Britain
The United States is in talks to locate a new giant new radar system in the UK. The station would form part of a global system to identify and track...
Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin – are they more than ‘space’ joyrides for millionaires?
Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson and his team successfully flew to the “edge of space” on the Unity 22 mission aboard a Virgin Galactic plane on July 12. The event was...
Branson preps for ‘extraordinary’ Space flight today
British Engineering icon Sir Richard Branson is set to realise his life's ambition to fly to the edge of space today. Branson is set to board his Virgin Galactic rocket...
Prospero – Challenge to Find the 1st and Only UK Spacecraft
Skyrora has launched 'Finding Prospero' - a challenge to find and retrieve the 1st and only UK Spacecraft The first, and only, British satellite launched by a British rocket 50...
NASA fears for the future of the Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble space telescope is in trouble according to the US Space Agency NASA. The groundbreaking telescope main payload computer experienced issues in late June, and an attempt to switch...
FAA approves passenger spaceflight for Virgin Galactic
Space Tourism company Virgin Galactic announced today that the US Federal Aviation Administration has given the company the final license it needs to fly passengers on future spaceflights. Up to...