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Space businesses react as UK government unveils Industrial Strategy

Space businesses react as UK government unveils Industrial Strategy

Space business leaders say the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy ‘sets the stage for timely and meaningful discussion at next month’s UK Space Conference’.

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Space Bugs

Posted by: Andrew Kuh, Posted on: 25 April 2016 - Categories: Digital communications, Education, Space science

Space Bugs: no, not a 1960s B movie – it’s the latest and final in the Open University’s series of 60 second explainers on microgravity, narrated by David Mitchell.

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Bed Rest

Posted by: Andrew Kuh, Posted on: 20 April 2016 - Categories: Education, Space science

The latest of the Open University’s excellent 60 Second Adventures in Microgravity tackles research using bed rest.

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The Vomit Comet

Posted by: Andrew Kuh, Posted on: 11 April 2016 - Categories: Earth from space, Education

This week the Open University released the second in a series of excellent primers on microgravity – this time, looking at how the evocatively nicknamed Vomit Comet – AKA parabolic flights – can help scientists understand how planets form.

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What is microgravity?

Posted by: Andrew Kuh, Posted on: 4 April 2016 - Categories: Education, Space science

This week the OU released the first of four new videos funded by the UK Space Agency, called 60 Second Adventures in Microgravity, which you can see here: We’re really proud of these videos, which nicely manage the balancing act …

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Reflections of the outgoing Chief Executive

Posted by: guest, Posted on: 1 April 2016 - Categories: Uncategorized

This month (March 2016) we say goodbye to our Chief Executive David Parker as he joins ESA as its new Director of Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration.

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Discovering Mars: image of the week

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 1 April 2016 - Categories: Image of the week, Space exploration, Space science

This image of the Hellas Basin was taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express later last year (6 December 2016).

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Storm Jake: image of the week

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 11 March 2016 - Categories: Earth from space, Earth observation, Image of the week

Launched 3 weeks ago (16 February 2016), Sentinel-3A has already delivered impressive first images for Europe’s Copernicus programme. The 3 instruments on the satellite will be used to measure Earth’s oceans, land, ice and atmosphere. The image above shows Storm …

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UAE visit to the UK

Posted by: guest, Posted on: 9 March 2016 - Categories: International, IPSP, Principia

Last week, we welcomed United Arab Emirates (UAE) space agency delegates to the UK.

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Aurora: image of the week

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 26 February 2016 - Categories: Earth from space, Earth observation, Image of the week, Principia

This week (23 February 2016), British European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Tim Peake shared this beautiful image of a glowing aurora from the International Space Station (ISS). Tim Peake tweeted, “The @Space_Station just passed straight through a thick green fog …

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Sentinel-3A: image of the week

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 19 February 2016 - Categories: Earth observation, Image of the week

The third satellite of Europe’s Copernicus programme will focus on Earth’s oceans, measuring the temperature, colour and sea levels. It was recently (16 February 2016) launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 17:57 GMT. Sentinel-3A’s sensors will measure …

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