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Astra Space and Terran Orbital are the latest public space startups to bow out.

Northrop Grumman plans to lay off up to 1,000 employees at its Space Park facilities in Redondo Beach, California.

A record 223 orbital-class rockets lifted off last year, a 20% hike over 2022.

The UK Space Agency says it has taken on board criticism over the slow pace of licensing and the high cost of insurance associated with space launches.

The UK government is preparing to publish its Space Sector Plan in early 2024, laying out its national space capabilities ambitions.

The Boeing 747-400 will work in conjunction with Stratolaunch’s Roc carrier aircraft to conduct air launches for hypersonic tests in multiple U.S. locations.

Like a shooting star, Virgin Orbit’s quick flare-up and steady diminution punctuates new space’s financial struggles.

Virgin Orbit will close after its assets were bought by four bankruptcy bidders including Rocket Lab and Stratolaunch.

Cybersecurity startup Arqit Quantum said May 17 it will sell its satellite business once touted as a new-space partnership with now-bankrupt Virgin Orbit.

Space Forge has unveiled additional details about its unfolding, “origami” heat shield for its ForgeStar re-entry vehicle.

Bids are due in U.S. bankruptcy court later this month.

Space Forge of the UK, a startup developing a spacecraft for manufacturing goods in space and delivering them to Earth, plans to launch U.S. manufacturing.

The leader of bankrupt space company Virgin Orbit says it is seeing active interest from a “diverse group” of potential buyers.

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Richard Branson’s launch venture ran out of cash. Could a buyer pick up the valuable pieces?

Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart says the "Chapter 11 process represents the best path forward to identify and finalize an efficient and value-maximizing sale.”

Virgin Orbit will be laying off around 85% of its staff by April 3, the company announced after failing to secure “meaningful” funding.

A loose fuel filter doomed the company’s last launch. Then came a bigger problem.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Troubled space launch company Virgin Orbit has temporarily suspended operations and furloughed almost all its staff as it continues efforts to seek new funding.

Bosses at a Welsh startup whose satellite was lost in the failed Virgin Orbit launch from the UK have criticized the country’s approach to sat licensing.

Virgin Orbit believes it has identified what caused the premature shut down of LauncherOne’s second-stage Newton 4 engine over the Atlantic.

A pair of 6U science sats, originally slated to piggyback a ride to Mars with NASA’s Psyche asteroid probe, will instead launch aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

An anomaly with the Virgin Orbit LauncherOne second stage caused its first flight from the UK to fail, according to preliminary findings from investigators.