February 2016
The Benefits of a British Spaceport
... and national economy. A potential flying candidate is XCOR Aerospace’s Lynx. The company continues to make steps towards commercial spaceflight and says its first flight could be during 2016. The Lynx is a two-seat, piloted space transport...
July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
... on Environmental Systems), a guest panellist at conferences such as the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight, and has provided expert interviews on radio and television. Martin Chiaverini is the Director of Propulsion...
22 June 2021
Space Perspective confirms successful test flight
... retrieves the passengers, the capsule, and the spaceballoon. Spaceship Neptune’s commercial human spaceflight launches are regulated by the FAA Office of Commercial Spaceflight. Images of the flight launch can be found on Space Perspective’s website...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... the Space Competitiveness Act for the congressmen who supplied it. The Commercial Spaceflight Federation which was set up by some of the most eminent names in the commercial space industry (ie, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Moon Express and Virgin Galactic...
May 2017
Could Brexit blow a hole in UK’s space ambitions?
... Centre for Satellite Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT) - at Harwell, Oxfordshire, in July 2015. Plans for commercial spaceflight launches from UK spaceports might become more viable with cheaper launch systems, including some of the...
13 December 2023
Orbex awarded £3.3 million as part of ESA initiative
... is thriving and we’re committed to becoming Europe’s leading destination for small satellite launches and developing world class commercial spaceflight capability up and down the country. Today’s funding will not only help grow our domestic launch...
