Astron has successfully demonstrated over 100 repeated and long duration firings of their second generation reusable rocket engine torch igniter, ready for integration in their upcoming rocket engine prototype.

Astron's test site has been busy, helping YC backed lunar lander company Instinct Space with testing of their Dodo-α HTP-Kerosene bipropellant rocket engine.

Astron closed another round of investment! This time with participation from Angel Invest Ventures, Tiny VC, Deep Quest Capital, and a number of individual angel investors well known for supporting space, deep tech, and defence in Europe.

Astron has kicked off a project with ESA to build and demonstrate their second generation hybrid electric turbopump for multi-reuse small rocket engines.

Astron has been awarded a prestigious Institute of Physics Business Start-up Award for work on long lifetime turbomachines for multi-reuse small rocket engines that enable cost effective fully reusable small launch rockets.

Shield Space and Astron announce agreements for the first launches of Shield’s Orbital Sentinel spacecraft and the intention to provide responsive 72-hour orbital tasking from the UK, and jointly present at the NATO RSM (Research Specialists’ Meeting) meeting on dual-use space technologies in Bath.

Astron announces Helogen as a customer and announces agreement for 3 missions to launch biolabs into space onboard Astron’s 100% reusable small rocket

Whilst combustion chamber and thrust chamber tests often catch people's eye, they are far from the most complex parts of rocket engines. The heart of an orbital rocket engine, and by far the most complex piece, is the pump system. We're excited to share this footage of testing with cryogenic liquid nitrogen this first prototype concept hardware fuel-side hybrid electric turbopump. This is a huge technical milestone towards development of our highly reusable rocket engine in development, which in turn is a key technology within our fully reusable Aurora launch vehicle.