First case of new swine flu strain detected in human in UK Date Monday, November 27, 2023 - 4:31 PM Description ‘He’s worried about swine flu’
First commercial Moon mission lifts off on Vulcan heavy rocket Date Monday, January 08, 2024 - 2:21 AM Description Peregrine is vital step in Nasa’s aim to return humans to Moon for the first time since 1972 end of Apollo programme
First commercial moon mission will try to revive lander as lunar night ends Image Date Saturday, March 09, 2024 - 10:00 PM Description Intuitive Machines aims to extend Odysseus’s pioneering commercial space exploration mission
First commercial spacecraft lands on the Moon Image Date Friday, February 23, 2024 - 5:06 PM Description Successful touchdown by Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander heralds more commercial era for space exploration
First F-16s will be ‘flying in Ukrainian skies’ this summer, says Blinken Date Wednesday, July 10, 2024 - 9:39 AM Description US secretary of state says Danish and Dutch fighter jets are en route as allies step up support for Kyiv
First mass malaria vaccination campaign begins in Africa Date Sunday, January 21, 2024 - 10:02 PM Description Shots will be given to children in Cameroon as part of rollout of up to 30mn jabs across continent
First Night of the Proms — thwacking timpani and Schumann rarity inaugurate season Date Saturday, July 20, 2024 - 5:49 AM Description Two months of concerts began with an energetic Beethoven 5 under Elim Chan
First round victory for French far-right Date Sunday, June 30, 2024 - 10:00 PM Description Emmanuel Macron’s centrists expected to slump to third place in snap parliamentary elections
First Solar searches for breakthrough to cut China’s clean energy lead Date Sunday, July 28, 2024 - 10:00 PM Description America’s largest photovoltaics manufacturer must innovate if it is to compete with Asia as prices stay low
First transatlantic flight powered by cooking and animal fats lands in New York Date Tuesday, November 28, 2023 - 12:33 PM Description Aviation industry hails milestone but green campaigners question whether alternative fuels are sustainable