ESA has successfully established Europe’s first deep-space optical communication link using a high-power fibre laser system from NKT Photonics, who have a UK base.
I recently had the opportunity to join the University of Brighton, helping them carry out an experiment on a parabolic flight.
COP23 is the 23rd annual conference under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Nations are coming together to progress the Paris Agreement which aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change.
I’ve just met some remarkable seedlings at Wakehurst Place in West Sussex, where Kew Gardens keeps its Millennium Seed Bank. They are the experts when it comes to anything to do with storing and growing plant seeds.
Happy Dark Matter Day! Thomas Kitching, Reader in Astrophysics, gives an overview of Dark Matter and the UK's involvement in Euclid. A mission which will map the geometry of the dark Universe.
Who would have thought that preparation for Europe's ExoMars mission includes a crash course in Geology and a couple of visits to the first aider.
This week we're celebrating all things space!
It is with great sadness that we recently learned of the death of one of our colleagues, Dr Helen Walker.
In the early 80’s, in what seems a lifetime ago but is only half a lifetime, I returned to Imperial College from a spell in the USA.
We are looking for enthusiastic and talented apprentices to join our Growth and Communications teams. You can read about Ellie, Tati and Steve's experiences of our apprenticeship programme below.
Malcolm shares his thoughts on being part of our Steering Board and the space sector in general. When asked to describe myself, I tend to say I am a professional space technology engineer, working in academia. I’ve worked in the …