GoKawiilCowboy Space unveils Big Iron medium-lift rocket; Virgin Galactic's Apeiron reaches New Mexico
Startup Cowboy Space announced specifications for a medium-lift launch vehicle called Big Iron this week, though it showed little hardware at the reveal. Separately, Virgin Galactic's first Delta-class rocket plane, named Apeiron, left its Arizona factory for Spaceport America in New Mexico, where it will undergo testing ahead of a planned commercial suborbital flight debut targeted for early 2027.