SpinLaunch's suborbital accelerator at Spaceport America fired its first projectile in an Oct. 22 test. Credit: SpinLaunch WASHINGTON — SpinLaunch, a company developing an alternative launch system ...

SpinLaunch is striving to build a scaled-up version of its "kinetic launch system"—one capable of hurling objects into space. Reading time 2 minutes California startup SpinLaunch recently performed ...

One of the most exciting things about NASA signing on to test SpinLaunch's system is the number of possibilities that it unlocks for getting more satellites to space. Currently, getting new spacecraft ...

NASA has reached a partnership with a company to test launch a payload to suborbital space at high speed from a centrifuge-like device that requires no rocket propulsion. The ultimate goal: to ...

A new video from SpinLaunch shows you exactly what it looks like to be launched into the Earth's atmosphere at over 1,000 miles per hour. The video is just under a minute long, and it's astonishing to ...

Rocket Lab’s latest mission, named Curveball, has earned its title. The company launched a mysterious payload on its ...

SpinLaunch has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA. Through this partnership, SpinLaunch will develop, integrate, and fly a NASA payload on the company’s Suborbital Accelerator Launch System to ...

Rocket Lab's new suborbital launch vehicle— Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) — successfully completed a test flight on Saturday, June. 17. The Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital ...

Rocket Lab is adding a new offering to its suite of services: hypersonic suborbital launches. The new service will be available starting sometime in the first half of this year, when the company will ...