Will a new strategy help protect Northern Ireland's nature?
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On this day in space! Oct. 27, 1961: NASA launches Saturn I rocket on 1st test flight from Florida to set stage for the mighty Saturn V moon rocket
On Oct. 27, 1961, NASA launched the first test flight of its new Saturn I space launch vehicle. Here's why it mattered.
Mars rover tracks from a historic drive | Space photo of the day for Oct. 27, 2026
Rover tracks can be seen on the Martian surface, left behind by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.
Wildlife appeal closes in on £30m target
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The window for public donations to the Rothbury Estate appeal closes on FridayP...
Regular spaceplane flights planned in project
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Regular spa...
Twin hurricanes stare out to space as they barrel toward Hawaii
A 2016 satellite photo shows Hurricane Madeline and Hurricane Lester heading straight at Hawaii's Big Island. When viewe...
'Star Trek' legend and sci-fi luminary Walter Koenig dies at 90
The man who portrayed the U.S.S. Enterprise’s Pavel Chekov has left us after a 60-year stage and screen career
What causes mysterious long delayed radio echoes in Earth's atmosphere?
Baffling long radio echo delays have prompted a range of potential explanations, most of which focus on a variety of une...
Scotland's recycling rates fall to lowest level in five years
Image caption, Waste experts have warned that landfill space in Scotland is rapidly running outByKevin KeaneScotland env...
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches early morning Starlink mission from California (video)
SpaceX launched 27 more Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit overnight (Oct. 27), aboard a Falcon 9 rocket that lifted...
What is Nasa's Artemis III mission? And what comes next?
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Nasa reveal...
Astroscale proposes fleet of 'bodyguard' spacecraft to protect satellites from orbital attacks
Technologies developed to remove space junk and fix broken satellites can be repurposed to build fleets of bodyguard spa...