Russian space corporation Roscosmos said Wednesday that it will launch a new spacecraft to take some of the International Space Station’s crew back to Earth after their capsule was damaged and leaked coolant. Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin and NASA
In light of the costly flight control system glitch, President Joe Biden has ordered a full investigation into the causes. Some have speculated whether the technical failure could have been caused by a cyber attack but the White House says, so far, there
Border Force at Heathrow Airport have seized material contaminated with uranium, with counter-terrorism police now investigating. Scotland Yard said: “We can confirm officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command were contacted by Border Force colleagues at Heathrow after a very small amount
Lucky spectators are “incredibly excited” for the UK’s first space launch tonight, so much so that tickets are reported to have sold out “quicker than Glastonbury”, Express.co.uk has been told. In a flagship moment for the UK’s burgeoning space sector, Virgin Orbit’s
flash Engineers are making final preparations for the first satellite launch from the U.K. later Monday, when a modified passenger plane is expected to release a Virgin Orbit rocket carrying nine small satellites into space. If successful, the mission will mark the
Airliner Flyby has been forced to apologise to travellers after cancelling flights at late notice to make way for the UK’s first-ever space launch. In a historic moment for the UK space sector, Virgin Orbit’s rocket will blast into the so-called low-Earth
National Police of Ukraine announced it on Facebook, writing in a post: “On January 7, around 5:15 pm, the duty unit of the Bakhmut district police department received a report of the disappearance of two volunteers – citizens of Great Britain, aged
Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart said: “After ensuring that every technical aspect is sound and every regulation and code has been satisfied, it is gratifying to see this historic endeavour on the verge of coming to fruition. “This launch represents the opening
The election for the next US president will take place in 2024, but Joe Biden is reportedly preparing to announce his bid in the coming weeks, with the New York Post saying the current president is “all in”. Biden’s team is thought
Comment on this story Comment The Phoenix Police Department said Thursday it has launched an internal investigation after an officer handcuffed and detained a Wall Street Journal reporter who was interviewing customers outside a bank. The move comes after the newspaper’s editor-in-chief