The launch of the first ever Australian-built rocket hoping to reach orbit has been delayed after an issue was discovered just hours before its scheduled take-off.

Australian company Gilmour Space is poised to launch Australia's first ever orbital rocket designed and manufactured in the land down under.

NASA selected Rocket Lab to launch a small NASA astrophysics spacecraft that will study galaxies at ultraviolet wavelengths.

Gilmour Space Technologies said a ground system glitch forced it to postpone the first test launch of its three-stage Eris rocket by a day until Friday

If successful, it would be the first Australian-made rocket to make an orbital launch from Australian soil. The 23m vehicle is designed to launch small satellites into low-Earth o

The possible impending launch comes nearly a week after SpaceX, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, called off a previous attempt to get the rocket off the ground. Like most SpaceX launches ...

Gilmour Space, a venture-backed startup based in Australia, is about to launch a small rocket from its privately owned spaceport on a remote stretch of the country's northeastern coastline.

SpaceX is getting closer to launching Starship, the world's largest rocket, once again on a critical flight test later in May.