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Solar Orbiter images capture the Sun like never before

Powerful flares, views across the solar poles, and a curious solar “hedgehog” are among the latest haul of images from the Solar Orbiter. The spacecraft’s closest approach to the Sun, known as perihelion, took place on March 26, taking it inside the ...

18 May 2022 at 17:41

Solar Orbiter images capture the Sun like never before

18 May 2022 at 16:55

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Boldly going where no object has gone before - Tipperary company's role in historic space mission

A technology produced in Clonmel has boldly gone where no object has gone before. All of the coating on the Solar Orbiter spacecraft that’s currently orbiting the sun was produced in Clonmel by Gortnafleur-based company Enbio, which has played ...

22 Apr 2022 at 18:33

First rocket launch from UK soil set for Monday

The first rocket launch from UK soil is expected to take place on Monday. If all goes to plan, and the weather cooperates, satellites will be blasted into space from Spaceport Cornwall as part of the Start Me Up mission. The initial window ...

06 Jan 2023 at 11:40

Final checks made ahead of first UK rocket launch

Final preparations are under way ahead of the first rocket launch from UK soil. Several satellites are due to be blasted into space on Monday night from Cornwall Airport near Newquay. If all goes to plan the launch will take place at ...

09 Jan 2023 at 11:34

Shapps apologises for airbrushing Boris Johnson out of Twitter photo

Grant Shapps has apologised for “inadvertently” airbrushing former prime minister Boris Johnson out of a photo celebrating a space launch in Cornwall. The Business Secretary claimed he told staff Mr Johnson needed “hair-brushing, ...

17 Jan 2023 at 13:05

UK officials to oversee investigation into Virgin Orbit mission failure

UK officials will work with counterparts in the US to oversee an investigation into the failure of Virgin Orbit’s rocket launch mission from Cornwall. The Space Accident Investigation Authority (CAIS) said it will work alongside ...

13 Jan 2023 at 14:29

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Team behind attempted rocket launch off Irish coast identify 'anomaly' behind failure

A premature shutdown in the rocket during the first attempt to launch satellites into orbit from the UK was behind the mission failure, Virgin Orbit has said. After taking off from Spaceport Cornwall, the Virgin Orbit plane ...

12 Jan 2023 at 18:33

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Team behind attempted rocket launch off Irish coast identify 'anomaly' behind failure

12 Jan 2023 at 17:33

Virgin Orbit and government investigating why first UK rocket launch failed

Virgin Orbit and the Government are working together to investigate why the attempt to launch a rocket into orbit from UK soil ended in failure. After taking off from Cornwall, the Virgin Orbit plane flew to 35,000ft ...

10 Jan 2023 at 16:14

Team behind first UK rocket launch tell of ‘immense excitement’

The team behind the first rocket launch from UK soil have spoken of their immense excitement as they prepare for take-off. Final arrangements are being made ahead of several satellites being blasted into space on ...

08 Jan 2023 at 16:10

Virgin Orbit secures licences for UK’s first space launch

Virgin Orbit has been awarded licences to operate the UK’s first space launch. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson’s company demonstrated it has “taken all reasonable steps ...

21 Dec 2022 at 07:46

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