The Scottish Affairs Committee heard SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst is ‘absolutely’ planning on a launch this year.

Phil Chambers, chief executive of Orbex, was asked about his company's decision to pause work at the Sutherland Spaceport site. Highland politicians were disappointed at the decis ...

The U.K. government has invested £20 million in Orbex, a Scottish spaceflight startup aiming to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Britain on Wednesday announced a 20 million pound ($24.84 million) investment in space company Orbex to help build an orbital rocket, used to put satellites into orbit, and launch it later this year ...

SpaceX's gigantic Starship rocket has been "lost" just minutes into its seventh test flight. The 400ft rocket - the biggest and most powerful in the world - soared from Boca Chica, south Texas ...

German launch startup Rocket Factory Augsburg has taken a step towards a first launch by gaining a first-ever license to vertically launch an orbital rocket from mainland Europe.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has given the final significant regulatory approval needed for Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) to launch from SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst, the northernmost of the ...

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Stefan Tweraser, CEO of Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), discusses the granting of a spaceflight license in the U.K. and plans to launch this year.

Rocket Factory Augsburg has officially received its spaceflight operator licence from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The SaxaVord Spaceport spaceport – on the Lamba Ness peninsula site in Unst ...

“There’s room for lots of winners,” Bezos said from the nearby rocket factory over the weekend, adding that this was the “very, very beginning of this new phase of the space age, where we ...