Skylark at 40

1997-02-26T11:56:00

The UK's Skylark sub-orbital sounding rocket became the world's oldest operational space launcher on 13 February when its 40th anniversary was celebrated. A total of 431 Skylarks has been launched since the first Skylark flew from Woomera, South Australia in 1957. The current Matra Marconi Space Skylark 12 model can ...

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