All eyes will be on Irish skies tonight as a rocket is launched in the UK by Virgin Orbit - a commercial company set up by Richard Branson to carry satellites into space.
The historic mission will see a repurposed 747 plane, named Cosmic Girl, carry the 21-metre rocket to an altitude of 35,000 feet, before releasing it over the Atlantic Ocean.
Once the rocket, named LauncherOne, is released, its engines will fire up and take nine satellites into Space.
