Senior shrugs off pandemic blip to deliver strong 2023 results aerospace Senior PLC’s Flexonics and Aerospace divisions helped it to a strong performance last year, with profit, revenue and earnings per share all up substantially on 2022.
Odysseus Moon lander may have tipped sideways but is ‘stable’ Space Lunar lander Odysseus, which became the first privately owned spacecraft to land on the Moon, is “stable” and is likely lying on its side with its head resting against a rock. Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C Odysseus lander, a private spacecraft, touched down in the Moon’s south pole region at 11.23pm UK time on Thursday. Steve Altemus, [...]
US lands on moon for first time in 52 years with spacecraft the size of a red phone box Space Intuitive Machines’s Nova-C Odysseus lander touched down on the Moon at 23.23pm UK time on Thursday.
UK rocket startup looks to scale up with fresh space and tech duo January 8, 2024 UK rocket startup Orbex has announced a fresh leadership duo as it gears up to launch one of the first rockets from Britain.
War keeps BAE flying high as military orders flow November 13, 2023 BAE Systems has maintained its bumped-up annual earnings guidance as geopolitical tension keeps demand for military kits soaring.
Seraphim Space fund’s value falls back down to earth as share price tanked this year October 17, 2023 Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT) has posted a decline in its net asset value as shares remain stuck in a rut.
Bezos chases Musk: Amazon to launch first satellites into space in global internet mission October 6, 2023 Amazon is set to launch its first satellites into space as part of a mission to bring fast internet connection to all corners of the globe. The multinational technology giant will launch two test satellites from a space station in Florida on Friday afternoon. It is part of mission, called Project Kuiper, to bring fast [...]
Seraphim: Investment deals take off as UK ranks third globally July 17, 2023 Seraphim Space has reported that overall startup activity and later-stage funding within the space tech industry are at higher levels than ever before, according to its half year investment index published today. Globally, the UK ranks as having the third-highest number of space deals in the past 12 months at 39, trailing behind the US [...]
Sunak defence deal takes off as UK and US launch space rocket June 15, 2023 A new space rocket is catalysing a defence deal struck by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and president Joe Biden between the UK and the US last week. Oxford-based startup Pulsar Fusion and aerospace company Princeton Satellite Systems are joining forces to build a “hyper-fast” rocket which can travel from Earth to Saturn’s moons in under [...]
‘Most powerful rocket ever’: SpaceX’s Starship cleared for launch April 16, 2023 A super rocket that Elon Musk hopes will one day carry people to Mars and the moon has been cleared for its first orbital launch. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted SpaceX a licence to launch the super heavy-lift launch vehicle, comprised of a rocket, dubbed Super Heavy, and spacecraft, dubbed Starship, into orbit [...]