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NITEMARES: Uncovering the Invisible Secrets of Mars

Posted by: Connor Perkins, Posted on: 31 October 2024 - Categories: Delivering Missions and Capabilities, Funding
In this image, the proposed International Mars Ice Mapper (I-MIM) in orbit around Mars quantifies the distribution and volume of water ice. Image: NASA.

UK Space Agency funding supports the Open University to develop leading technology that maps the surface of Mars with invisible IR light.

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Enabling Technologies Programme: Sensors & Comms

Posted by: Emily Jayne Peters, Posted on: 24 October 2024 - Categories: Catalysing Investment, Funding
A satellite orbiting Earth.

Learn about several cutting-edge UK projects in satellite sensors and communications, funded by the UK Space Agency.

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Microwaves on the Moon

Posted by: UK Space Agency, Posted on: 17 October 2024 - Categories: Applications, Funding, Space science

An innovative UK project funded by the UK Space Agency is using microwave technology to help us build a sustainable presence on the Moon.

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A new challenge: using satellite tech to monitor Algal Blooms in Northern Ireland

Posted by: Chris McQuire, Posted on: 11 October 2024 - Categories: Earth observation, Satellites

The UK Space Agency is aiming to address the challenges blue-green algal blooms pose to Lough Neagh and its surrounding communities.

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Visiting comets and autumnal meteors: the night sky in October 2024

Posted by: Derek Smale, Posted on: 9 October 2024 - Categories: Astronomy
The autumn night sky rising over Dartmoor National Park. Credit: Derek Smale

The longer nights of October provide more time to see the autumnal skies before the nights get chiller! It’s a great month for meteors, seeing the closest and brightest galaxy in our skies, and later in the month there’s a …

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Enabling Technologies Programme: Aiding Exploration 

Posted by: Emily Jayne Peters, Posted on: 7 October 2024 - Categories: Applications, Delivering Missions and Capabilities, Space exploration, Space science
Screenshot of extended reality software “Realm” during an in-orbit refuelling scenario. Image credit: GMV

An overview of the ways that the UK Space Agency funds national efforts to drive innovation in space exploration and human space activity through the Enabling Technologies Programme (ETP).

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