Far from an excuse to start penning the obituary for the UK’s ambition to become a major space launch hub, a disappointing end to a historic rocket mission from the Cornish seaside was merely a reminder that space travel is far from straightforward.Story Published at: January 10, 2023 at 01:25PM

It was supposed to be the night that the UK strapped rocket boosters to its attempt to make a dent in the new global space race.Story Published at: January 10, 2023 at 11:12AM

“Space is hard” – a mantra often repeated by Virgin Orbit and those in charge of Spaceport Cornwall in the last few months leading up to this mission – and last night proved that point.Story Published at: January 10, 2023 at 02:17AM

Shares in Virgin Orbit, the company behind the failed first UK space launch, are on course to fall by more than a fifth at the market open in the US.Story Published at: January 10, 2023 at 11:18AM

An orbital rocket carrying nine satellites has been blasted into space after a historic launch from UK soil.Story Published at: January 09, 2023 at 10:39PM

Britain is a big part of the new space race, but you probably didn’t know it.Story Published at: January 09, 2023 at 04:06AM

There’s a “bubbling of excitement” in the team preparing for the UK’s first orbital rocket launch but they are “laser sharp” as final checks are carried out, says the mission’s boss.Story Published at: January 08, 2023 at 04:17PM

Richard Branson has revealed a bizarre story about finding Elon Musk in the kitchen of his New Mexico house in the middle of the night before his first space flight.Story Published at: January 08, 2023 at 01:36AM

A NASA satellite is expected to fall to Earth this weekend after nearly 40 years in space.Story Published at: January 07, 2023 at 12:46PM

BioNTech has signed a deal with the UK government to enrol up to 10,000 patients in clinical trials by the end of 2030 for personalised cancer therapies.Story Published at: January 06, 2023 at 04:38PM