The UK’s first-ever space mission has failed after “an anomaly” prevented the Virgin Orbit rocket from reaching orbit. The Start Me Up mission lifted off the runway at Cornwall Airport at around ...

The UK’s first-ever space mission has failed after “an anomaly” prevented the Virgin Orbit rocket from reaching orbit. The rocket and the nine satellites it was carrying, reportedly burned up in the ...

LONDON–Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket failed to achieve orbit in its high-profile Start Me Up satellite launch mission from the UK on Jan. 9. The Boeing 747-400 carrier aircraft Cosmic Girl ...

Virgin Orbit is to conduct its next space launch from the California site at Mojave, as investigation into its failed inaugural UK mission progresses. But it states that it expects to return to the UK ...

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Virgin Orbit on Monday launched a rocket from the UK, but it failed to reach orbit. There was an "anomaly" after Cosmic Girl, a modified Boeing 747, released the rocket. Here's what happened when ...