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UK's first rocket launch causes 'gridlocked' traffic as spectators rush to Cornwall

Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl rocket is due to launch from Spaceport Cornwall, at Cornwall Airport near Newquay tonight with hundreds of people flocking to the site for the historic event

Daily Mirror

Virgin Orbit: UK space launch crew ‘gutted’ after historic rocket launch suffers ‘anomaly’

Organisers of the Start Me Up mission said the rocket - with a variety of civil and defence applications - failed to orbit

Evening Standard

Rare moonbow spotted in Northumberland Dark Skies Park

The image of the unusual weather phenonmenon was taken by astrophotographer Dan Monk

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Virgin Orbit launch Ireland: Exact time rocket visible in Irish skies as 'debris' warning issued

The historic Virgin Orbit mission will see a repurposed 747 plane carry a rocket to an altitude of 35,000 feet, before releasing it over the Atlantic Ocean. It will be visible live in Irish skies for a short time tonight.

Irish Mirror

Newly discovered comet may be visible to naked eye this month

ORLANDO, Fla. — A comet discovered in 2022 that has not been in the neighborhood for 50,000 years could get baked enough by the sun this week as it approaches its closest path by the Earth to be seen by the naked eye this month.

Orlando Sentinel

Virgin Orbit rocket launch - What is it, where will it launch from and will we be able to see it?

Virgin’s rocket, released using a repurposed 747, will be the first-ever orbital space launch from UK soil if all goes well

Chronicle Live

Festival atmosphere as Cornwall prepares for historic space launch

Virgin Orbit’s Start Me Up mission to conduct first rocket launch of satellites from British soil

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Old NASA satellite falls harmlessly from sky off Alaska

After almost 40 years circling Earth, a NASA satellite has plunged harmlessly through the atmosphere

The Independent UK

Tech & Science Daily podcast: UK Space Agency reveal benefits of 747 rocket launch

Ahead of the UK’s first orbital rocket launch, the UK Space Agency has told Tech & Science Daily preparations for the mission have gone well.

Evening Standard

Will UK's first orbital rocket launch be visible from Northern Ireland?

'Start Me Up' in Cornwall involves a repurposed Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 aircraft - 'Cosmic Girl which will take off horizontally carrying LauncherOne.

Belfast Live

Written in the stars! Your ultimate astrology guide to 2023

From Cancerians who’ll learn to become more selfish to Taureans who are due a year-long lucky streak — cosmic changes are afoot, says Shelley von Strunckel

Evening Standard

UK space launch: Time and how to watch huge Virgin Orbit rocket blast off

Virgin Orbit space launch: When is it, where is it going and how can I watch?

Liverpool Echo

Virgin Orbit space rocket launch time in UK and how to watch live stream

The launch of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket, from Cornwall, was originally meant to take place before Christmas

Manchester Evening News

Armagh Observatory and Planetarium helps lead discovery of eight new stars

'These discoveries will help to increase our understanding of the late stages of stellar evolution and demonstrate that SALT is a fantastic telescope for our project.'

Belfast Live

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Britain's groundbreaking satellite launch ends in failure

Britain's attempt to become the first European nation to launch satellites into space ended in bitter disappointment early on Tuesday when Virgin Orbit said its rocket had suffered an anomaly that prevented it from reaching orbit.

Birmingham Post

Wales' first satellite set to blast off as part of UK's first rocket launch

ForgeStar-0, made by Cardiff-based Space Forge, will be sent into space today as part of the UK's first orbital rocket launch

Birmingham Post

UK’s first space launch from Cornwall 'strategically significant' for Britain

Final preparations are now underway for blast off from Cornwall Airport near Newquay

Tribune News Service

Stargazing in New England: A partial solar eclipse and good conditions for meteor showers in 2023

BALTIMORE — Though New Englanders will be missing out on a total solar eclipse passing over Western Australia in 2023, and a “ring of fire” eclipse crossing the Western United States, there’s still plenty to look for in the skies in the coming year.

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Evening Standard

UK historic space launch: When is it, where is it going, how can I watch?

Start Me Up’s name was chosen in tribute to the Rolling Stones.

Evening Standard

Start Me Up: Final checks made ahead of first UK rocket launch tonight

Several satellites are set to be blasted into space from Cornwall Airport near Newquay

The Guardian - UK

Starwatch: how to find the hare Orion is hunting

There are no very bright stars in Lepus and it’s not clear how it acquired its name either

Wales Online

Final checks for UK's first rocket launch underway

Satellites are due to be launched into space on Monday night (January 9) from Cornwall Airport near Newquay

Inverse

A mundane Earth technology could become a supercharged Moon exploration tool

Microwaves are useful for more than just heating up leftovers.

Radio France Internationale

India begins countdown to blast astronauts into space in 2024

India has announced it's ready to launch its first human space flight in 2024 almost a year after making yet another attempt to land a rover on the surface of the moon.

Orlando Sentinel

Orion back at Kennedy Space Center so NASA can dissect Artemis I mission

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orion space capsule from Artemis I has come full circle, having launched from Kennedy Space Center, traveled 1.4 million miles in space and around the moon, splashed back down to Earth in the Pacific Ocean, and now journeyed 2,500 miles over land for its return to…

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