The founder and chief executive of SaxaVord Spaceport has died aged 67 after a short battle with cancer. Frank Strang, who founded the UK’s first spaceport on the Lamba Ness peninsula on Unst, ...

There’s a moment in the latest season of the BBC crime drama “Shetland” when the camera pans slowly over the cliffs of Eshaness in the north of the island of Mainland, Shetland. Volcanic cliffs drop ...

Intelligence-gathering satellites could be launched into space from Scotland under an initiative involving the German military. In a bid to strengthen Europe’s defence links, the German air force’s ...

Space age, meet Bronze Age. Shiny quartz, giant granite stones and a possible cremation came to light during a dig at the new SaxaVord Spaceport readying for rocket launches on the United Kingdom's ...

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Hermaness National Nature Reserve, a dramatic cliff-top setting and a refuge for thousands of seabirds, is Britain's most northerly point, located on the island of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland.

Frank Strang, chief executive and founder of SaxaVord Spaceport, has died (SaxaVord Spaceport/PA) The founder and chief executive of SaxaVord Spaceport has died aged 67 after a short battle with ...