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Register now: UK Space Conference 2015
Register now: UK Space Conference 2015
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Hands on with Astro Pi
Recently, I was afforded the privilege of getting my hands on the first prototype of the Astro Pi board, and had a lesson from Dave Honess at Raspberry Pi in how to write code for it.
The cultural significance of space exploration
Because I am an awful nerd, last week I compiled a playlist of space-themed jazz to listen to on my drive to work at the UK Space Agency – Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders, Herbie Hancock.
It’s dinner, but in space!
As you may well remember, earlier in the year we asked the children of Great Britain to design a meal that they thought British ESA astronaut Tim Peake would like to eat in space.
Rosetta’s Philae landing in a town near you!
If you have been following space activity over the last year you can’t have missed the story of Rosetta, the ambitious mission to chase, orbit and land a probe on the surface of a comet. To achieve this Rosetta has been …
Not long left to apply for our ‘Space for All’ funding scheme
The 6th Space for All funding round launched on 18 August and is currently open for applications until 9.00 on Monday 20 October.
How do you like them apples?
Last month we received a very fitting gift on behalf of Tim Peake.
Take part in “Tweet the Expert” for World Space Week
If you have ever wanted to chat to an astronaut, find out what it’s like to chase a comet or simply ask how space research benefits us, then tune in to one of our ‘tweet the expert’ sessions.
Exhibiting at the International Astronautical Congress
From 29 September to 03 October the UK Space Agency, or a few of us at least, will be visiting Toronto, Canada for the 65th International Astronautical Congress (IAC).
An out-of-this-world Blue Peter competition
On 4 September, Blue Peter launched their competition for the children of the UK to design the mission patch for European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Tim Peake’s Principia mission to the International Space Station.
Research in space and the ageing population
Some of the most common questions we hear at the Agency are, “What benefit does space exploration actually have? What’s the point of sending people into space when we’ve so many problems here on Earth to sort out?”