The Latest Breaking News on Space

First UK rocket launch fails after 'anomaly' prevents it from reaching orbit

A Virgin Orbit plane, carrying the rocket, took off on Monday night from Cornwall Airport with hundreds of people watching and over 75,000 viewing a live stream

Chronicle Live · Jan 10, 2023

Spot the difference: Boris Johnson appears scrubbed from photo posted by Shapps

Gaping hole mysteriously appears where former PM once stood at UK space mission with business secretary

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2023

Boris Johnson photoshopped out of Grant Shapps spaceport rocket picture

Source close to Shapps says: ‘Grant wasn’t aware anyone had edited the picture’

Evening Standard · Jan 10, 2023

Look! JWST image may upend our understanding of the early universe

Astronomers peered into a James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) image. From this view of the deep Universe, they saw a large number of ancient galaxy candidates.

Inverse · Jan 10, 2023

Ice geysers could spew alien microbes into space from Enceladus' ocean

Astrobiologists may be able to find life on one of Saturn's tiny moons from space.

Inverse · Jan 10, 2023

UK air accident officials to investigate failure to get satellites into orbit

Teams behind historic mission describe tearful scenes but express determination to try again

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2023

Britain's satellite hopes undimmed by mission failure

Britain's hopes of becoming a prime launch site for small satellites remain intact despite the failure of what would have been the first launch into orbit from western Europe, business minister Grant Shapps said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Jan 10, 2023

Historic UK Rocket Mission Ends in Failure

An attempt to launch the first rocket into orbit from UK soil ended in failure on Tuesday, with scientists reporting an "anomaly" as it neared its goal. A Virgin Orbit Boeing 747 carrying the 70-foot (21-meter) rocket took off from a spaceport in Cornwall, southwest England, at 2202 GMT, AFP…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 10, 2023

UKs first space mission ends in failure as 'anomaly' stops rocket from reaching orbit

Devastated space fans trudged home after discovering the UK's first orbital space launch had failed.

Daily Record · Jan 10, 2023

‘Anomaly’ thwarts UK attempt to put satellites into space

Rocket carried beneath the wing of a modified Boeing 747 separated from the aircraft but failed to reach orbit.

Al Jazeera · Jan 10, 2023