And, a 1946 British proposal suggested, perhaps it could also provide the vehicle needed to put a man in space. The Allies acquire the V-2. The V in the V-2's name stands for Vergeltungswaffen ...

Unlock the hidden chapters of the Cold War! From secret rocket programs to satellite scandals, dive into the untold story of the British Space Program. History, espionage, and ambition collide in ...

Once an active site with more than 200 employees, it continues to provide a window into a little-known part of the island's history and its role in Britain's space programme.

Somewhere, the late Arthur C. Clarke must be smiling. His novel, “Prelude to Space,” published in 1951, posited a privately funded British space mission to the moon, set in an alternate 1970s ...

UKSA stands for the UK Space Agency, and it’s among the youngest of the bunch, having officially formed in 2010. Before that, the island had little in the way of a space program to show for.

A team of British astronauts could blast into the cosmos as part of the first all-UK space mission. The landmark trip is being billed as a result of a new partnership between the UK Space Agency ...

The failed attempt to launch satellites into space from Britain for the first time has dealt a harsh blow to the country’s emerging space program. Britain’s space-business community was full ...

British space investment firm Seraphim Space said on Monday its unit, Generation Space, would provide 12 early-stage U.S. startups with a potential to access funding of more than $150 million in ...

The failure in January of what was to be the first launch of a satellite from Britain was a mighty disappointment for a fledgling British space program. Now, it seems like the botched flight may ...

In fact, British researchers had noted that the V-2 rocket was almost large enough to carry a man in a small capsule. Putting these two facts together, British researcher H.E. Ross realized that a ...