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Engineer reunited with ‘old friend’ as rocket returns to UK after 50 years

The Black Arrow programme from 1969-71 saw the first and only successful UK-led orbital launch.

UK rocket on display after decades in Australian Outback

Space industry figures will attend the unveiling in Midlothian following its 10,000-mile journey home.

British rocket which launched satellite in 1971 returns home

The Black Arrow rocket was developed on the Isle of Wight but had remained at its crash-landing site in South Australia for almost 50 years.