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Britain says failed satellite launch to be probed by UK Space, U.S. FAA
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday Virgin Orbit's failed satellite launch this week would be jointly investigated by the UK Space Accident Investigation Authority (SAIA) and the United States F...
Jan 13, 2023
Last year tied as world’s fifth-warmest on record, U.S. scientists say
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Last year was the world's joint-fifth warmest year on record and the last nine years were the nine warmest since pre-industrial times, as climate change continued t...
Jan 12, 2023
Astronomers discover Milky Way galaxy’s most-distant stars
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have detected in the stellar halo that represents the Milky Way's outer limits a group of stars more distant from Earth than any known within our own ...
Jan 12, 2023
Virgin Orbit aims for new UK satellite launch
LONDON (Reuters) - Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit said on Thursday it would attempt another rocket launch from Cornwall after its mission on Monday ended in failure, dashing Britain's hopes of becomin...
Jan 12, 2023
Russia to launch Soyuz rocket to bring back cosmonauts from ISS after leak
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Wednesday it would launch another Soyuz rocket on Feb. 20 to bring home two cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut from the International Space Station after their original c...
Jan 11, 2023
ABL Space Systems’ rocket fails on maiden launch
(Reuters) - Space startup ABL Space Systems' maiden RS1 rocket mission failed after it was launched on Tuesday from the Pacific Spaceport Center in Alaska, after delays late last year. "After liftoff,...
Jan 10, 2023
British scientists plan to expand genomic sequencing from COVID to flu
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - Genomic sequencing allowed the world to track new coronavirus variants throughout the pandemic. Now British researchers plan to use it to better understand a host ...
Jan 10, 2023
Britain’s satellite hopes undimmed by mission failure
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's hopes of becoming a leading destination for the launch of small satellites remain intact despite the failure of the first mission, the country's business minister Grant Sh...
Jan 10, 2023
Rocket released in Europe’s first satellite launch
LONDON (Reuters) - Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket was released from its carrier aircraft late on Monday, a key stage of Western Europe's first satellite launch that took off from the coastal town o...
Jan 09, 2023
Western Europe’s first satellite launch takes off from UK’s Newquay
LONDON (Reuters) - Virgin Orbit's "Cosmic Girl" took off from Newquay's spaceport in Cornwall for Western Europe's first satellite launch late on Monday. (Reporting by Paul Sandle; editing by Kate Hol...
Jan 09, 2023
