Karman Space Programme News Today

KSP’s chairman Shapol M says he is nervous but confident ahead of the launch. "The rocket is going together nicely, but we need to be careful with everything. We'll hopefully put in the engines soon. The best thing about Mojave is that the weather is almost always good, but we're trying to launch early in the morning before the winds pick up."

The Karman Space Programme, set up by students at Imperial College London, will attempt to launch its Aurora rocket to an altitude of 100 kilometres, the generally accepted boundary of space

A rocket with a breakthrough environmentally-friendly design was fired from a windy moor in Ayrshire yesterday in a test flight to prepare it for space.

An Imperial College London team launched the Nebula rocket on a test flight on Saturday.

The students faced a ‘nerve-wracking’ experience as they sought to launch from the remote moor.