The UK Space Agency Accelerator is now open, providing expert support to early-stage businesses to help catalyse more investment into the UK space sector and generate economic growth.
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has performed amazingly well on Mars, successfully completing its eleventh flight last month, scouting out the terrain that the Perseverance Rover will traverse across Jezero crater. The rover, which touched down on Mars in February, is preparing …
The arrangement secures the Icelandic Government’s support for UK launch activities.
New satellite-driven tech is being used to improve dam safety in Peru.
If you’ve been thinking about trying a night of star-gazing, August is the perfect month to try.
Every sector, from planes to trains to automobiles, is governed by an evolving set of laws and regulations within which it can grow safely, create commercial opportunities for investors and deliver better public services while keeping the environment safe as …
The growth in space debris and news of near-miss collisions in low Earth orbit are grabbing the headlines. Perhaps it is time to look Earthward for inspiration.
My dissertation used Earth observation satellite data. But I didn’t know how to code.
Even though the shorter nights prevail for the next couple of months, the summer months are a great opportunity to see many of the most exciting astronomical sights. Noctilucent clouds, the core of our Milky Way galaxy, the summer …
Today, the UK Space Agency signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), taking a new step in space cooperation between the UK and Japan. Dr Graham Turnock (CEO of the UK Space Agency) and President …
On the 3 June 2021 the second Molecular Muscle Experiment, MME2, launched to space from Cape Canaveral (Florida, USA), sending thousands of tiny C. elegans worms to live on board the International Space Station for several days. Their mission: to help mankind understand spaceflight-induced muscle decline. Following on from the first MME, MME2 continues with similar aims: 1) …