Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen have taken off from Kennedy Space Center, bound for the Moon. More than 50 years after Apollo, this first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit marks a historic milestone for NASA’s Artemis programme. The stakes are twofold: to validate the Orion spacecraft’s systems and hardware essential for astronaut survival in deep space and to pave the way for the critical docking demonstrations of the Artemis III mission.
Babcock has today confirmed the location for its new Capability Centre in Plymouth – a major milestone in plans to relocate up to 2,000 highly skilled employees into the heart of the city.
