Render of a small launch vehicle launching from SaxaVord Spaceport - via Shetland Flyer Aerial Media By Skye Jacobs, Published by Techspot, 14 January 2026 CubeSats, rocket startups, and a Shetland launch site are redefining the UK's orbital future Winners & losers: In workshops scattered across Glasgow, engineers assemble CubeSats –
Skyrora's Skylark L ahead of a suborbital launch attempt from Iceland’s Langanes peninsula in October 2022. Credit: Skyrora By Billy Briggs, Published by The Ferret, 26 October 2025 He is the Ukrainian owner of a space rocket company pivotal to Scotland’s burgeoning space industry, who aims to use private enterprise
Two Falcon Heavy side boosters stand on Landing Zones 1 and 2 (background and foreground) after returning from space in October 2023. Credit: SpaceX By Stephen Clark, Published by Ars Technica, 4 September 2025 There are no Falcon Heavy launches this year, so now's the time for SpaceX to act.
Artist's rendering of X-37B releasing satellite: Boeing By Alexander William Salter, Published by Space News, 29 August 2025 President Trump’s recent executive order promoting commercial space competition highlights America’s unique advantage in the final frontier: our dynamic commercial space sector. American companies such as SpaceX, Planet Labs and Sierra Space are rewriting the rules
Rocket Lab's launch site on Mahia Peninsula. By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 23 August 2025 "Live, Laugh, Launch" was the 70th mission of Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle to date. Rocket Lab launched five satellites for a confidential customer this evening (Aug. 23) on the 70th overall liftoff of its
South Korea’s first homegrown space launch vehicle, known as Nuri, lifting off from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, on Oct. 21, 2021. (Pool photo) (Yonhap) By Yook Jihun, Published by Popular Science, 10 August 20205 The technology offers a flexible alternative to traditional forging for the 'New Space' industry.
Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, conducted a hot fire test of a full-scale Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine combustor in fall 2023. Credit: NASA By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 8 August 2025 NASA official says agency innovations in rocket propulsion, AI, and testing infrastructure
The new MachLab rocket-testing facility has opened in Scotland. (Image credit: MachLab/University of Glasgow) By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 6 August 2025 "MachLab is ready to play a key role in the U.K.'s strategy to return to vertical launch, ensuring that students and researchers can access hotfire facilities in
