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.

In what represents a major milestone for Ireland's emerging space industry, academics, students and engineers from University College Dublin witnessed their EIRSAT-1 satellite being launched into ...

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 ...

Ireland is all set to see its first-ever satellite reach orbit. The Educational Irish Research Satellite 1, or EIRSAT-1, was built by University College Dublin students as part of the European ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...