NASA workers and supporters of the US space programme gathered at Cape Canaveral in Florida today to mark the first anniversary of the Columbia catastrophe that claimed the lives of seven astronauts.

CONTINUOUS education and re-training are critical if Ireland’s highly skilled workforce is to remain competitive and if the country is to lure major jobs projects here, FÁS said yesterday.

Lottery players don’t want the moon and the stars – they just want the money, Florida officials decided as they rejected a proposal to offer spaceflight as a big prize.