Protecting our Planet – 1 year on
Protecting our Planet – 1 year on
Learn more about how we’re helping protect the Earth and space from contamination.
Hale Crater, Mars: image of the week
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This week's image of the week (1 October 2015) is of Hale Crater on Mars showing large, dark, narrow streaks believed to be caused by seasonal flow of water.
LEGO to the Science Museum!
We teamed up with LEGO Master Builders to build a model of the Soyuz Capsule – a replica of the one Tim Peake will be using in December. The two-thirds size Soyuz took 650 hours to build and used over …
The Red Face of the Moon: image of the week
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In the very early hours of Monday morning (28 September 2015), be ready to experience a Super-Harvest-Bloon-Moon eclipse!
A tale of two satellites.
The story of Galileo 5 and 6 and their journey to orbit...
Storm in bloom: image of the week
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Despite only being in orbit for a matter of weeks, Sentinel-2A has exceeded expectations with this image of algal bloom in the Baltic Sea. The second of the Sentinel fleet (launched June 2015) was initially built as a land …
How UK space expertise is helping emerging economies
The International Partnerships in Space Programme (IPSP) is the newest programme in the Agency’s portfolio. It's an exciting £32 million international programme established and led by the UK Space Agency.
Central Algeria: image of the week
Another gorgeous image from Sentinel-2A captured of the Sahara desert in central Algeria.
Astro Pi Prize - CGI visit
Charlie Maclean and his Astro Pi coding excellence prize visit to CGI
Déjà vu: image of the week
This week’s #IOTW shows European astronaut Andreas Mogensen during a ‘fit-check’ of the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft, ready for his trip next week. Mogensen, Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov will be departing from Baikonur, Kazakhstan at 05:34 BST (2 September 2015) …
A word from our Space Economist.
"Within the Agency, we want to ensure the evidence on the impact of our policies and the benefits that they produce for the UK are the best they can be. It is important that every pound spent by government represents …