Richard Branson-backed space startup Virgin Orbit has completed a key step along its path to launching satellites for commercial customers. The company held a successful “drop test” of its LauncherOne ...

AirLaunch LLC, DARPA and the Air Force made history yesterday as a simulated AirLaunch QuickReach(TM) rocket weighing 65,000 lbs was dropped out of a C-17A cargo aircraft, making it the heaviest ...