The first orbital space launch from British soil will take off on Monday
Briefly

Melissa Thorpe, head of Spaceport Cornwall, in front of Cosmic Girl.Hugh Hastings/Getty Images The first orbital space launch from British soil is scheduled to take off on Monday.A modified Boeing 747 airplane known as Cosmic Girl will take off from Spaceport Cornwall in England.Once it reaches 35,000 feet in the air, the converted aircraft will deploy a rocket, called LauncherOne, into space.
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