Cornwall space launch: why the environmental cost of rocket launches is large even when they fail
A recent UK mission to launch satellites into space from Spaceport Cornwall in the west of England failed to deliver the satellites to orbit. But the rocket, LauncherOne, succeeded in releasing hazardous pollutants to the middle and upper layers of the atmosphere where many will remain for years....
Space Camp Accelerator launch aims to fires-up UK space industry
The Space Industry Bill quietly gained Royal Assent last week, bringing a whole host of new measures to bootstrap the UK's growing private space industry. Excited about the UK space sector? Watch our Born to Engineer film about CubeSat Pioneer Steve Greenland The bill covers everything from...