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We have lift-off! Boost for mass Covid-19 vaccination drive as our hubs of hope open at last The centres cover all seven NHS regions and also open to health and care staff There are around 1,000 centres, of which 800 are GP-led which will rise to 1,200 Trained volunteers from St John Ambulance, NHS Volunteer Responder … Read more
China has launched its Chang’e-5 probe into space, which will set down on the moon to collect samples from the lunar surface. The Long March-5 rocket took off around 3:35pm ET from the Wenchang launch site in Hainan province for what is a major advancement in the country’s space program. The probe is set to release a … Read more
Boris Johnson is poised to launch major plans for a ‘green industrial revolution’ backing a new wave of nuclear power plants to boost the economy and slash Britain’s carbon emissions. The proposals are expected to include the green light to build a nuclear plant at Sizewell C in Suffolk and the next stage in a … Read more
Should this be the breakthrough which we all hope it is, then let history note that it was Daily Mail reader Moira Garwood of Wavertree who set the ball rolling. Yesterday morning, the city of Liverpool – assisted by the Army – became the first place in the UK to roll out mass Covid testing … Read more
Two shoebox-sized supercomputer satellites, built in Scotland to monitor shipping movements from low-Earth orbit, are due for launch this afternoon. Each nanosatellite has an onboard supercomputer with machine learning algorithms that can provide ‘hyper-accurate predictions’ of the locations of boats. The the so-called ‘Spire’ satellites will calculate their arrival times at ports to help businesses … Read more
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation grew a little larger Thursday morning, as the firm added 60 more devices to the network. The Falcon 9 rocket took off at 8:46am ET from Launch Complex 39-A at Kennedy Space Center carrying the new batch of broadband satellites. The mission was originally set for Sunday, but was unable to … Read more
Air bridges allowing tourists to travel to France, Italy and other countries were confirmed late last night. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office will today set out exemptions from a number of countries from its ‘all but essential’ travel guidance from July 4. However the measures exempting travellers from quarantine will not be in force until … Read more
Air bridges allowing tourists to travel to France, Italy and other countries were confirmed late last night. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office will today set out exemptions from a number of countries from its ‘all but essential’ travel guidance from July 4. However the measures exempting travellers from quarantine will not be in force until … Read more
Liftoff! SpaceX successfully launches US Space Force GPS satellite into orbit aboard its Falcon 9 rocket SpaceX launched a GPS satellite for US Space Force aboard the Falcon 9 rocket The launch took off at 4:10pm ET at Kennedy Space Center in Florida This is Falcon 9’s 11th launch this year, but this time it … Read more
NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX will once again attempt to make history Saturday by launching astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley from US soil to the International Space Station. Spectators from around the world were disappointed Wednesday when the initial launch was scrubbed with just minutes on the countdown due to poor weather conditions. ‘Launch … Read more