Space

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit successfully used its unique mid-air launch system to send commercial satellites into orbit for the first time on Wednesday morning.

Relativity Space, a Long Beach, California-based aerospace company looking to take on Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin with the first 3D-printed rockets, has entered into a 16.5-year lease for a new 1 million square-foot headquarters in the city.

SpaceX was seconds away from sending dozens of satellites into orbit aboard its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday when the launch was called off because an airplane entered its safety zone.

The FAA greenlights Virgin Galactic to blast passengers into space giving the stock a liftoff.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Wednesday night that it would be "at least a few years" before satellite broadband service Starlink would be publicly listed.

Jeff Bezos, Amazon and Blue Origin founder, is set to blast off into space on July 20.

SpaceX has successfully launched the fifth GPS satellite for the U.S. military.

Authorities in Cameron County, Texas have reportedly accused local SpaceX staff of violating state law by prohibiting access to public roads.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson tells FOX Business exclusively that the organization is working on setting regulations for commercial space travel.

Elon Musk's SpaceX ignored several warnings from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding safety regulations for its Starship SN8 launch in December 2020.

A petition is looking to make Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos' upcoming suborbital spaceflight a one-way trip.

A seat on a spaceship ride with billionaire Jeff Bezos went for $28 million during a live auction on Saturday, concluding the month-long bidding process for the sightseeing trip on the Blue Origin's maiden voyage next month.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin kicked off a three-phase online auction in early May, offering one seat on the first flight of its New Shepard spacecraft, which has already had over a dozen successful flights to and from space, according to the company.

Relativity Space announced on Tuesday that it has raised $650 million in Series E funding. The fresh capital brings the company's estimated valuation to about $4.2 billion, the second most valuable private equity space company behind SpaceX, with total funding of $1.3 billion to date.

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit announced Tuesday that its upcoming orbital mission, dubbed "Tubular Bells, Part One" after the first album recorded by Virgin Records, is on track to launch in the last week of June.

Jeff Bezos announced Monday on Instagram that his brother will accompany him on a journey to space on Blue Origin's rocket.

Jeff Bezos announced Monday that he will travel to space next month on his company Blue Origin's first passenger flight.

The competition between commercial space giants Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos continued on Friday.

Jeff Bezos’ space venture Blue Origin may still be up to receive federal dollars for a mission to the moon despite losing out on a lucrative NASA award to SpaceX earlier this year, as Congress weighs an amendment to pending legislation.

The race is on to democratize the rocket-launch industry, and Phantom Space Corp., a roughly two-year-old startup, continued its warp-speed flight toward that goal Tuesday, announcing the acquisition of StratSpace, a major U.S. aerospace firm.