* Astronomy

50 years of space for Norway

Not many countries can claim to have been using space for 50 years but it was in 1962 that the Andøya rocket facility in Norway launched its first rocket. This weekend Norway is celebrating its anniversary with His Majesty King Harald and ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang amongst others.
Norway's northern territories are well placed for a launch facility. Over 1000 sounding rockets have been launched from Andøya including ESA's own microgravity experiments. Offering over six minutes of precious experimentation in weightlessness the rockets lift-off and land in the North Atlantic within quarter of an hour.
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