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Sunday, 19 November 2023

The Guardian

• SpaceX's Starship reaches space for first time but explodes moments laterElon Musk's next-generation craft reaches space but then explodes, similar to first flight in AprilSpaceX's uncrewed spacecraft Starship, developed to carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, reached space for the first time on Saturday but was presumed to have failed minutes later.It was Starship's second test after its first attempt to reach space ended in an explosion earlier this year. Continue reading...

The Independent

• Police to trial use of drones as first responders to emergenciesTrials to begin in Norfolk, Thames Valley and Hampshire next year, following similar moves in the US and across Europe

Daily Record

• Work at Shetland space port grinds to a halt as bills go unpaidSUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: The site in Shetland owes around £1m to a contractor and a rocket launch has been cancelled.

EIN News Subscription

• France's air traffic controllers refuse to accept restrictions on their right to strike … (DGAC) has instructed airlines to slash their flight … same footing as other air transport employees. Under the 2012 … all proportion to other European countries, which have experienced … recent years, French and European airlines have regularly protested against …