Britain's first-ever orbital space mission has failed to reach orbit due to an "anomaly", just hours after budding crowds celebrated its historic launch.
Thousands had congregated at Newquay Airport on the evening of Monday, December 9 to get behind the Virgin Orbit Boeing 747 dubbed 'Cosmic Girl' as it took off into the night sky.
The rocket successfully detached from the plane at 11:10pm above the Irish sea and began its journey into space, with everything appearing to be going swimmingly, reports the Mirror.
