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Monday, 20 July 2020

The Guardian

• UAE successfully launches Hope probe, Arab world's first mission to MarsA rocket carrying the unmanned probe, known as Al-Amal in Arabic, joins China and US in race to red planetThe first Arab space mission to Mars has blasted off aboard a rocket from Japan, with its unmanned probe – called Al-Amal, or Hope – successfully separating about an hour after liftoff.A live feed of the launch showed the rocket carrying the probe lifting off from the Tanegashima Space Centre in southern Japan at 6.58am (9.58pm GMT). Continue reading...

The Independent

• Hope Probe: UAE spacecraft blasts off in first ever mission to MarsMission had been delayed twice due to bad weather

Times Online

• Future of Tempest fighter jet remains up in the air [Subscription]Two years ago at the biennial Farnborough defence and aerospace jamboree, Britain’s military industrial political complex revealed the future.
• Coronavirus in Scotland: Save our airports, demands union amid fears over thousands of jobs [Subscription]A campaign has begun to protect jobs linked to Scottish airports amid fears that 1,500 workers are at risk of redundancy.

City AM

• Virgin Australia bondholders submit rival buyout bidVirgin Australia bondholders have submitted a rival deal to Deloitte to buy the embattled carrier out of administration, a spokesman The post Virgin Australia bondholders submit rival buyout bid appeared first on CityAM.

Cambridge News

• NASA prepares to launch rover to Mars this month- here's how to watchThe Mars 2020 Perseverance rover aims to 'test new technologies to benefit future robotic and human exploration of Mars'

Reading Evening Post

• Stowaway who fell from Heathrow-bound plane still to be identifiedThe person fell from a Kenya Airways plane as it began its approach to the airport

Other News Sources

• Easyjet release flight schedule for up to September 2021: Destination list Easyjet has just released the schedule for the remainder of its summer flights up until September 2021.