A Scottish-built rocket hurtled 17 miles into the sky from an Icelandic launch site, a test flight for Skyrora's eventual plans to send larger rockets with satellite payloads into outer space. The 13-foot- (4-meter-) tall sub-orbital Skylark Micro was launched Aug. 16 from Iceland's northeast peninsula of Langanes. The two stages of the rocket, developed by Edinburgh-based Skyrora, reached altitudes […]
