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Monday’s historic launch of the nearly 400-foot-tall integrated Starship SN24 and Super Heavy BN7 booster was scrubbed due to a propellant pressurization issue with the 33-engine Super Heavy.

SpaceX announced on Monday it completed a major test of its latest Starship prototype, as the company prepares for the first orbital launch of the towering rocket.

The first orbital launch in the United Kingdom was a failure. However, the team behind it remains optimistic, read on to know what they achieved in the failed mission.

The private space firm fired up 11 of Booster 7's 33 next-generation Raptor engines. An orbital launch attempt could soon be on the cards.

Slingshot space launcher flight testing achieves milestone by carrying payloads that validate suitability for commercial use

A space company has successfully completed a test launch using a high-tech accelerator, which works much like a slingshot.

SpinLaunch, a California-based start-up developing a rotating arm that can tfling small satellites into near-Earth space has pulled off its tenth successful test launch in less than a year.

The accelerator, which stands taller than the Statue of Liberty, hurled payloads provided by NASA and Airbus 25,000 feet into the air using a giant rotating arm that moves at 5,000mph.

Instead of using a conventional rocket to vertically propel things to orbit, SpinLaunch wants to use an aerodynamic launch vehicle attached to a rotating arm in a large vacuum chamber.

Edinburgh-based rocket company Skyrora has successfully completed a static fire test of the second stage of its flagship Skyrora XL orbital rocket.