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Major Peake officially opened Thales’s space propulsion facilities in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as part of a UK wide programme organised by the UK Space Agency and ESA.

Thales propels Northern Ireland into space

Air October 19, 2016

A new investment facility in Northern Ireland’s space industry has been opened by UK astronaut Major Tim Peake. Major Peake officially opened Thales’s space propulsion facilities in Belfast as part of a UK wide programme organised by the UK Space Agency and ESA designed to promote space manufacturing and STEM subjects. The ...

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