SpaceX conducts successful ‘static fire’ test of next Starship rocket prototype

SpaceX is gearing up for the first 500-foot ‘hop’ of its SN6 Starship rocket, weeks after a successful lift-off of the SN5 craft. The company lit up the prototype’s Raptor Engine during a static fire trial, releasing bursts of fire and smoke from the base – it was, however, the third attempt of the test. … Read more

Flight prices to Portugal rocket SIXFOLD just hours after country is taken off quarantine list

Flight prices from the UK to Portugal have gone up SIXFOLD just hours after the government announced it was bringing in an air bridge with the popular holiday destination. Average fare prices to Faro – the airport used by holidaymakers heading to the Algarve – rocketed from just £35 to £190 in the hours after … Read more

SpaceX launches dozens more Starlink satellites in record-breaking Falcon 9 rocket launch

SpaceX celebrated its 100th successful launch Tuesday morning, sending 58 Starlink satellites into orbit aboard the Falcon 9 rocket from Florida‘s Cape Canaveral. Along with the internet beaming devices were three SkySat observational satellites owned by Planet Labs, a private Earth-imaging company.  Falcon 9 is the first reusable rocket designed to take cargo and passengers … Read more

As NHS waiting lists rocket while appointments are limited, one doctor tells of his frustration

Last week I was sitting in glorious isolation in my consulting room at St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey, Surrey, in what felt like a ghost town. There was a deserted waiting room, and outside was a virtually empty car park. My only contact with patients was via the telephone on my desk.  Along the corridor, … Read more

Stacey Dooley ‘sees her earnings rocket to £350k’

Stacey Dooley ‘sees her earnings boosted by £125k after a wave of TV jobs sparked by being crowned Strictly champion’ By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 23:28 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 02:22 BST, 16 August 2020 Stacey Dooley has reportedly received a £125,000 boost in her earnings after being crowned Strictly Come Dancing … Read more

999 calls rocket by 26% in Devon and Cornwall

Police have seen a 26 per cent increase in the number of 999 calls made in Devon and Cornwall as hordes of staycation holidaymakers descend on the region.  Devon and Cornwall Police experienced ‘unprecedented demand’ last weekend due to an influx of tourists, with officers noting a huge increase in calls for emergency services compared … Read more

Shetland spaceport to launch UK’s first commercial rocket

The Shetland Islands have been picked as the location for the UK’s first commercial rocket launch in 2021 when Lockheed Martin will put a small satellite into orbit.  The island of Unst has been picked as the location of a spaceport and Lockheed Martin is moving its £23.5 million grant to the island, Mail on … Read more

SpaceX completes first successful ‘hop’ test flight of its Starship rocket 500-feet above Texas

Elon Musk’s SpaceX took one small ‘hop’ closer towards the surface of Mars on Tuesday after completing the first successful launch and landing of its Starship rocket. Dubbed the SN5, the potentially revolutionary prototype performed an almost 500-foot leap above SpaceX’s development facility in Boco Chica, Texas, at 5pm local time. The nine-story large metallic … Read more

SpaceX Starship rocket ‘hop’ aborted after tests that resulted in a 100-foot plume of liquid oxygen

Elon Musk’s vision of sending humans to Mars on the SpaceX Starship rocket has been delayed again. The SN5 prototype was set make a 492 foot ‘hop’ Tuesday at the firm’s Boca Chica site in Texas, but was aborted around 12:30pm ET. The Starship completed a serious of tests leading up to liftoff, but the … Read more