UK Space Agency – Spaceflight Now

March 30, 2020

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[ March 25, 2020 ] NASA, U.S. military reviewing SpaceX engine malfunction Falcon 9

European space mission to get close-up view of new comet

June 21, 2019

A new flyby mission selected by the European Space Agency this week for launch in 2028 will be the first to intercept a new comet or interstellar object fresh from the frozen depths of the outer solar system, or beyond.

Scotland site selected as launch base for Lockheed Martin, Orbex

July 16, 2018

Two companies — U.S. aerospace giant Lockheed Martin and British start-up Orbex — seeking to carve out a share of the burgeoning small satellite launch market plan to fly their rockets from a remote site on the northern shore of Scotland, British government and industry officials announced Monday.

Watch a replay of Soyuz crew’s blastoff from Kazakhstan

December 15, 2015

Three crewmen from Russia, the United States and Great Britain blasted off toward the International Space Station on Tuesday, rocketing into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in pursuit of the orbiting research lab.