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Protecting our planet and outer space

UK-backed space weather mission sets sail for launch site

UK Space Agency, 20 February 2026 - Astronomy, Delivering Missions and Capabilities, Protecting our planet and outer space

A landmark joint European-Chinese space mission, with significant UK involvement, has departed Europe for its launch site in French Guiana ahead of a planned April launch. 

UK Launches Planetary Protection Technical Framework 

UK Space Agency, 8 May 2025 - Protecting our planet and outer space

Planetary protection is the practice of protecting Solar System bodies from contamination by Earth life and protecting Earth from possible contaminants that may be returned from other Solar System bodies.  Following months of collaborative work between academia, industry, the Civil …

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