Tag: space

  • Kathy Sullivan receives Leif Erikson Award in Húsavík

    Kathy Sullivan receives Leif Erikson Award in Húsavík

    Astronaut Kathy Sullivan has been awarded the Leif Erikson award, by the Exploration Museum in Húsavík. This is the 8th time the museum hosts the awards. In 1984 she became the first American woman to perform a spacewalk, at age 33 on October 11, 1984, on the first of her three flights into space. In…

  • Skyrora successfully launches Skylark rocket from Iceland

    Skyrora successfully launches Skylark rocket from Iceland

    Scotish space company Skyrora has successfully launched its two-stage, four-metre tall sub-orbital rocket, Skylark Micro from the company’s mobile launch complex set up at Langanes Peninsula, Iceland. The rocket climbed to 26.86km in altitude before both stages were parachuted back down to sea. The launch is part of Skyrora’s de-risking program leading up to the…