Thousands at Newquay Airport for UK Space first

Thousands at airport for first orbital space launch from UK

Thousands of people are expected at Newquay Airport in Cornwall for the first orbital space launch from the UK.

Hayleigh Kitcher from St Austell will be at the airport with a ringside seat for the take off expected to take place shortly before 22:00 GMT. She said: "We are only very tiny. We've had the G7 and now we have this. We're putting ourselves on the map."Sham Mulji, who runs Situ mobile coffee, based in Helston, is employed in the launch area to serve media and other on-site staff.

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