The UK's new spaceport in Shetland will be ready for satellite launches by July, MPs have been told. A number of companies ...

SAXAVORD Spaceport officials are hoping for two or three test launch attempts from Unst this year, a parliament committee has ...

Elon Musk claims it will be possible to travel to anywhere on Earth within an hour – including London to Hong Kong in 34 ...

Skyrora is developing Ecosene ... Earth-to-Earth transport will only be approved after humans have landed on Mars safely. If ...

Skyrora is developing Ecosene ... only be approved after humans have landed on Mars safely. If there’s one team that can’t be bet against turning visions into reality, it’s the SpaceX ...

SaxaVord, a spaceport on the island of Unst in the far north of the UK, is on the site of a former RAF base Credit: SaxaVord/PA Other companies, such as Edinburgh’s Skyrora and German business ...

Orbex isn't the only British startup taking on SpaceX. Skyrora, another space firm, told CNBC in November that it is aiming to launch satellites from U.K. soil for the first time later this year.

Others include Isar Aerospace and Hyimpulse, also from Germany, PLD Space of Spain, and Orbex and Skyrora from the United Kingdom.