Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for fiction for her novel Orbital, a sharp, lyrical ...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX may attempt an orbital refueling test using two Starships in March 2025. In-orbit refueling is crucial for deep space missions to the Moon and Mars. It allows refueling ...

Credit: Gilmour Space/Zaid Dillon WASHINGTON — Australian launch vehicle startup Gilmour Space has received a license for its first orbital launch, which could take place before the end of the year.

Related: Pollution from rocket launches and burning satellites could cause the next environmental emergency These impacts are becoming more of a concern as the orbital population grows ...

After seven test flights, Boeing is finally starting to open up about its elusive military spaceplane. The company released a video detailing the experimental maneuvers currently being carried out ...

Gilmour Space Technologies has been granted a permit to launch its 25-metre orbital rocket from Bowen in Queensland. The Gold Coast-based space company had initially planned to lift off in March ...

The orbital demonstration is a major step for Starship, and a crucial part of SpaceX’s capability of delivering NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon. SpaceX is under a $53.2 million contract ...

Lockheed Martin has finalized its acquisition of Terran Orbital and its subsidiary Tyvak International in a transaction that expands its space capabilities and enables it to rapidly develop and ...

Credit: Terran Orbital Lockheed Martin has formally closed its acquisition of Terran Orbital, its financially troubled satellite bus supplier. Marc Bell, Terran Orbital’s co-founder, chairman ...

The company tested a scaled-down prototype for Otter, known as Otter Pup, during an orbital demonstration mission that was launched last year and went on for months under trying circumstances.