Calling all artists – Santa’s deliveries are at risk from space debris!
We are looking for your Christmas card designs on the need to #KeepSpaceTidy, so that Santa and the satellites we all rely on every day stay safe. 🛰️🎅🛷
If your design is chosen, you could win some great UK Space Agency prizes, including a notebook, pen, pencil, stickers, mug, bag and even your very own UK Space Agency mission patch!
See below for details on how to enter, and entry link at the bottom of this blog!
The competition closes at 5pm on Monday 15 December 2025.
Did you know?
- There are almost 13,000 functioning satellites in orbit around the Earth, and humanity is launching thousands more every year, so the number is estimated to reach 60,000 by 2030.
- These satellites provide critical services we all rely on every day, from communication and maps on our smartphones to weather forecasts and online banking, and data crucial to vital activities such as climate monitoring, scientific research, emergency services and disaster relief.
- The orbits we use for these satellites are becoming increasingly congested with space debris, including defunct satellites that are damaged, broke down or ran out of fuel, discarded rocket stages and other objects that are all travelling at orbital velocities of around~8km/s, ~10 times the speed of a bullet!
- The satellites we rely on are at risk from collisions with space debris, which could be catastrophic for the space infrastructure we rely on.
The UK Space Agency works to keep space safe and sustainable, both within the UK and through the European Space Agency. For more information visit our website or watch the video below.
We're looking for designs for a Christmas card to help us communicate the scale and urgency of this problem and what we are doing about it. The design should help encourage people to behave responsibly, work together to protect our space environment and #KeepSpaceTidy, helping ensure our use of space is sustainable for future generations.
How to enter
- Design a Christmas card that helps us communicate the problem of space debris and the work we are doing to tackle it. This could be drawn, painted, crafted, or designed digitally (No AI please!).
- Submit a high-quality version of your design, along with your information, via our online form (link at end of this blog!)
- Post your design on social media, using the hashtag #KeepSpaceTidy, along with some words on why you think space sustainability is important.
- The competition closes at 5pm on Monday 15 December 2025. Entries will be divided into four age categories: 0-6, 7-12, 13-17 and 18+. The winners will be announced online by 20 December 2025. The winning entries in each age category will win a UK Space Agency mission patch and may be shared with our sustainability partners, PLUS the overall winner will be used for the UK Space Agency 2025 Christmas Card!
Terms and conditions
Designs must be your own work, and AI-generated images are NOT permitted. We reserve the right to disqualify any images we have reason to believe are plagiarised or AI-generated.
Please also share your designs on social media, tagging in the UK Space Agency and using the hashtag #KeepSpaceTidy.
By submitting your design via our form, you give permission for the image to be used by the UK Space Agency and chosen partners in promotional material and publications, now and in the future – including online and in print – and waive any rights of compensation or ownership.
Entries will be judged by the UK Space Agency’s Space Sustainability team. The judges’ decision is final.
The name and age category for each winning designer may be published on social media, sent online to our stakeholders with our digital Christmas cards, and may be published elsewhere alongside the winning designs.
Your personal information will be processed in accordance with the Agency’s public task and legitimate interests, and your right to object to the processing of your personal data is not affected. The UK Space Agency is committed to processing personal information in accordance with all applicable data protection laws and will ensure that the rights and interests of data subjects are weighted appropriately.
Any personal data (information about yourself) that you provide to us for the purpose of entering this competition will be stored and processed securely within UK-based systems. It will only be used by UK Space Agency employees who are involved in facilitating this competition, it will not be shared with any third parties, and it will be destroyed within one month of the winners being announced.
Further information and contact details can be found within the UK Space Agency Privacy Notice: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-space-agency-gdpr-privacy-notice. Your rights under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 are not affected.
Enter your design!
Leave a comment