Commercial space – The TechBriefs

The top fell off Australia’s first orbital-class rocket, delaying its launch

This was unusual Payload fairing problems have caused a number of rocket failures, usually because they don’t jettison during launch, […]

Gilmour Space, a venture-backed startup based in Australia, is about to launch a small rocket from its privately owned spaceport […]

The rocket’s first stage may have exploded moments after it separated from the upper stage. Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket on […]

“This launch marks the first step toward the future of our partnership and increased launch cadence,” Bruno said. “We have […]

SpaceX is having trouble with Starship’s upper stage after back-to-back failures, but engineers are making remarkable progress with the rocket’s […]

“I call it the last frontier of unexplored territory in low-Earth orbit.” With thunderstorms just offshore, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket […]

“Today, we know twice as much about our launch system as yesterday before launch.” A fireball rises over Andøya after […]

Late this year, European governments will have the opportunity to pay up or shut up. The European Space Agency is […]

Isar Aerospace’s first Spectrum rocket will launch from Andøya Spaceport in Norway. Seven years ago, three classmates at the Technical […]

Darkness fell over Mare Crisium, ending a daily dose of dazzling images from the Moon. Firefly’s X-band communications antenna (left) […]