Last launch for UK skylark rocket

[Rick]

A hugely successful and largely unsung British space programme is about to draw to a close with the final launch of a Skylark sounding rocket.

The vehicle, which first flew in 1957, became a very inexpensive but effective way of carrying scientific experiments into suborbital space.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4490253.stm

[Rick]

A British-designed rocket has taken off for the last time, ending a successful 50-year-old space programme.

The Skylark sounding rocket was originally due to fly on Sunday but high winds prevented the launch.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4504623.stm