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UK Space Agency funding for growing Welsh space sector 

UK Space Agency funding for growing Welsh space sector 

The UK Space Agency is supporting the growth of Wales' space sector with a dedicated funding boost to unlock new opportunities, drive local growth and support innovation. 

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NSIP funding is catalysing investment and creating jobs 

Posted by: UK Space Agency, Posted on: 30 December 2024 - Categories: Funding

The UK Space Agency's National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP) provides an opportunity for the UK space sector to develop innovations with vast social and economic benefits.

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Watch out - Space Trash Signs is About!

Posted by: Astroscale, Posted on: 20 December 2024 - Categories: Space sustainability

The Space Trash Signs initiative aims to increase public awareness of space pollution.

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Messium uses space-based nitrogen analysis as an enabling technology for farmers 

Posted by: Emily Jayne Peters, Posted on: 4 December 2024 - Categories: Delivering Missions and Capabilities, Earth observation, Satellites

Messium, part of the UK Space Agency’s Enabling Technologies Programme (ETP), are using space-based nitrogen analysis as an enabling technology for farmers.

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Enabling Technologies Programme: Advanced and Novel Space Instruments

Posted by: Emily Jayne Peters, Posted on: 18 November 2024 - Categories: Catalysing Investment, Funding
Northern Lights

The UK Space Agency's Enabling Technologies Programme is helping push the frontiers of instrumentation in space science, engineering and applications.

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Planet hunting and meteor spotting: the night sky in November 2024

Posted by: Derek Smale, Posted on: 15 November 2024 - Categories: Astronomy
NGC 6744. Credit: ESA / Euclid / Euclid Consortium / NASA / J.-C. Cuillandre / G. Anselmi

November is a great month to see the planets of our Solar System, meteor showers, and the Andromeda Galaxy.

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NITEMARES: Uncovering the Invisible Secrets of Mars

Posted by: Connor Perkins, Posted on: 31 October 2024 - Categories: Delivering Missions and Capabilities, Funding
In this image, the proposed International Mars Ice Mapper (I-MIM) in orbit around Mars quantifies the distribution and volume of water ice. Image: NASA.

UK Space Agency funding supports the Open University to develop leading technology that maps the surface of Mars with invisible IR light.

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Enabling Technologies Programme: Sensors & Comms

Posted by: Emily Jayne Peters, Posted on: 24 October 2024 - Categories: Catalysing Investment, Funding
A satellite orbiting Earth.

Learn about several cutting-edge UK projects in satellite sensors and communications, funded by the UK Space Agency.

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Microwaves on the Moon

Posted by: UK Space Agency, Posted on: 17 October 2024 - Categories: Applications, Funding, Space science

An innovative UK project funded by the UK Space Agency is using microwave technology to help us build a sustainable presence on the Moon.

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A new challenge: using satellite tech to monitor Algal Blooms in Northern Ireland

Posted by: Chris McQuire, Posted on: 11 October 2024 - Categories: Earth observation, Satellites

The UK Space Agency is aiming to address the challenges blue-green algal blooms pose to Lough Neagh and its surrounding communities.

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Visiting comets and autumnal meteors: the night sky in October 2024

Posted by: Derek Smale, Posted on: 9 October 2024 - Categories: Astronomy
The autumn night sky rising over Dartmoor National Park. Credit: Derek Smale

The longer nights of October provide more time to see the autumnal skies before the nights get chiller! It’s a great month for meteors, seeing the closest and brightest galaxy in our skies, and later in the month there’s a …

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