A rocket engine exploded during a test at the SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst, with the fiery conflagration destroying the first stage of the satellite launch vehicle. German company Rocket Factory ...

A study to examine the effects of establishing a fixed link between Scotland's two most northerly islands has been commissioned by Shetland Enterprise. Consultants EKOS Ltd will speak to individuals, ...

SaxaVord on the northernmost inhabited island of Unst is home to the UK’s only licensed ‘vertical launch’ spaceport.

The founder and chief executive of SaxaVord Spaceport has died aged 67 after a short battle with cancer. Frank Strang, who founded the UK’s first spaceport on the Lamba Ness peninsula on Unst, ...

year on the tiny, barren island. Mr Stevens admits that his suggestions are ''weird'' but says they are ''valid'' and claims any one of them could secure the future of the island and its 1100 ...

The most northerly inhabited island in Scotland could be set to rival Cape Canaveral as a space centre. Unst in Shetland is preparing a bid to enter the 21st century space race as a launch base for ...

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