UK advertising guru Trevor Beattie flies with five others to edge of space on board Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo

UK advertising guru Trevor Beattie flies with five others to edge of space on board Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo

The Galactic 04 flight of the suborbital spaceplane SpaceShipTwo Unity took place on 6 October 2023. The flight was dubbed Galactic 04. Carrier aircraft VMS Eve took off from Spaceport America in New Mexico, USA, at 1528 GMT on 6 October 2023 with SpaceShipTwo VSS...
Smaller orders: launches for Haven-1 space station and its Vast-1 mission, for EWS-1 prototype; sat contracts for Zeno and Orbit Fab

Smaller orders: launches for Haven-1 space station and its Vast-1 mission, for EWS-1 prototype; sat contracts for Zeno and Orbit Fab

Commercial space station operator Vast has signed a contract with SpaceX for the launches of its first space station and a crew mission (announced on 10 May). A Falcon 9 will launch the space station module called Haven-1 in the late summer of 2025. A second launch...
What’s Next for Space Exploration in 2023 and Beyond

What’s Next for Space Exploration in 2023 and Beyond

Much changed on Earth and in space during 2022. In July the James Webb Telescope, the largest optical telescope in space, delighted the world with stunning infrared images, revealing the most detailed view ever of the Universe. After a series of stalled attempts,...