An almost fully 3D-printed rocket has taken ... taken over to complete the journey to orbit but, after a few flickers, it died. The upper part of the rocket would have come down in the Atlantic ...

This is not the greatest news for 3D printing, as it confirms the infeasibility of fully 3D printed rocketry, at least with ...

Virgin Orbit uses a repurposed Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 called Cosmic Girl to launch its LauncherOne rocket ... Cornwall in southern England. "We failed to provide our customers with ...

Four years later, US-based Relativity Space successfully launched an “almost entirely 3D printed" rocket called Terran 1, though it failed to reach orbit. In India, ISRO successfully tested a 3D ...

It can be hard to keep up with this fast-paced yet incredibly complex and highly regulated industry — but everything you need ...

US company Radian Aerospace is attempting to build a “single stage to orbit” vehicle, launched from a sled. But can it be done?

Rocket company Skyrora has started testing a new 3D-printed engine as it works towards its first commercial orbital launch. The firm said it was carrying out "full duration" tests on an updated ...

The rocket has nine Aeon engines in its first stage and one Aeon Vac in the second stage. The current Terran 1 vehicle is 85% 3D printed by mass, however, the company aims to reach 95% in the future.

China said a pair of its technology test satellites failed to reach a planned orbit on ... was successfully placed into low Earth orbit by a Jielong 3 rocket last month – to test laser-based ...

The rocket was fueled with methalox, a composite liquid fuel of methane and oxygen. Several US companies are focusing on developing methalox-fueled rockets, but all have failed to reach orbit.

Rocket Lab reported record revenue of $106 million, up 71% year-over-year, with an order backlog of $1.07 billion. Launch Services segment revenue slightly exceeded guidance, while space system ...