Ireland has joined the space club with the launch of its first satellite to low-Earth orbit, setting the stage for students of all ages across the Emerald Isle to get involved in space science.

EIRSAT-1, a student-built CubeSat, has been successfully launched into space, officially becoming Ireland's first satellite The student-led project involved more than 50 students from University ...

There are hopes that Ireland's first-ever satellite will tell us more about how the universe is formed. Dr David McKeown, Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering ...

Sixty-six years after the Soviet Union first put a satellite into space and 54 years after the United States landed a man on the moon, Ireland finally joins the space race. At 6.18pm (9.18am Calif ...

SpaceX launched Ireland's first satellite and a South Korean reconnaissance satellite today. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched at 1:19 p.m. EST (1819 GMT or 10:10 a.m. PST) from Vandenberg Space ...

Despite “devastating” setbacks, Ireland’s first satellite is due to launch into space on Friday evening, and will hopefully mark the beginning of a new space age for Ireland, according to ...

Ireland has become the latest country to join the space race after the successful launch of the country's first ever satellite, on a Space-X Falcon-9 launcher from Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...

Irish scientists hope the country’s first satellite in space will “open ... and Science Foundation Ireland and the Department of Enterprise also providing funds. Mr English said 97 companies ...

Researchers hope young scientists are feeling inspired after Ireland's first satellite was successfully launched into space. Constructed by students from University College Dublin (UCD ...

After more than six years of designing, building and testing, EIRSAT-1, the first satellite to be launched by Ireland, is finally ready for launch. Now on its way to the Vandenberg Air Force Base ...