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First astronaut with a disability learns to fly

First astronaut with a disability learns to fly

John McFall, who could become the world's first astronaut to be assigned to a long duration mission with a physical disability, is training to fly as part of his preparation for a ground-breaking space mission.

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UK Space Agency to bring its 'Space for Everyone' STEAM tour to Wrexham

Posted by: UK Space Agency, Posted on: 12 September 2023 - Categories: Careers, Championing Space
Space for Everyone Wrexham UK Tour 2023 Locations: Southampton | Swansea | Leicester | Bradford | Belfast | Aberdeen | Newcastle | Hull | Great Yarmouth | Hastings | Wrexham (circled) | Glasgow | Plymouth

The UK Space Agency will be docking its 72ft model rocket at Queens Square, Wrexham!

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A comet newcomer and autumn returns: the night sky in September

Posted by: Derek Smale, Posted on: 8 September 2023 - Categories: Uncategorized
Asteroid Bennu, captured by NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft. This 500-metre-wide rock takes 435 days to orbit the Sun, coming within 300,000 kilometres (190,000 miles) of Earth once every six years – that’s closer to us than the Moon, which lies 384,400 km (240,000 miles) from Earth. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona

While the summer stars and constellations remain (much like the summer weather recently!), it’s a great month to see the planets Jupiter, Saturn and Venus, and there’s also a chance of spotting a newly discovered comet!

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UK Space Agency to bring its 'Space for Everyone' STEAM tour to Hull

Posted by: UK Space Agency, Posted on: 15 August 2023 - Categories: Careers, Championing Space, Events

The UK Space Agency is delighted to announce that it will be docking its 72 ft model rocket at Queen Victoria Square, Hull, from August 17th to August 21st, bringing the awe-inspiring 'Space for Everyone’ tour to the region. This …

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Perseids and planets: the night sky in August

Posted by: Derek Smale, Posted on: 7 August 2023 - Categories: Astronomy
The summer triangle

With the Milky Way overhead, Saturn at its brightest, a very exciting meteor shower and the chance to see noctilucent clouds, August is the perfect month for some nights of stargazing!

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Entrepreneurs encouraged to apply to the UK Space Agency Accelerator Explore programme

Posted by: UK Space Agency, Posted on: 1 August 2023 - Categories: Applications
Launch your space journey. Applications open: Discover the programmes. Developing a thriving ecosystem of high-growth space entrepreneurs in every corner of the UK. Apply now. UK Space Agency Accelerator

The UK Space Agency Accelerator has opened applications for its highly anticipated second round of the Explore programme!

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UK Space Agency to bring its 'Space for Everyone' STEAM tour to Aberdeen

Posted by: UK Space Agency, Posted on: 31 July 2023 - Categories: Championing Space, Education, Events

The UK Space Agency is delighted to announce that it will be docking its 72 ft model rocket at the Queen Links, Aberdeen from 3 August to 7 August, bringing the awe-inspiring 'Space for Everyone’ tour to the region. This …

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Mission Possible - Aeolus' re-entry into the atmosphere and how the UK is tracking it

Posted by: UK Space Agency, Posted on: 28 July 2023 - Categories: Satellites, Space surveillance and tracking, Space sustainability

The UK-built European Space Agency wind-observer Aeolus spacecraft returns to Earth.

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Global space agencies return to London for NASA 's Moon to Mars Architecture Workshop

Posted by: Emma Felber, Posted on: 25 July 2023 - Categories: International
Attendees at NASA's Moon to Mars Architecture, hosted by the UK Space Agency at the Royal Institution, London.

In June, the UK Space Agency partnered with NASA to host a workshop exploring Moon to Mars Architecture in London.

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UK Space Agency team lands at 2023 Royal International Air Tattoo

Posted by: UK Space Agency, Posted on: 17 July 2023 - Categories: Careers, Championing Space, Education, Events
Two young people in spacesuits in from of UK Space Agency banner

A team from the UK Space Agency has been inspiring young people about the wonders of space at this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo in Gloucestershire.  

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Milky way and meteors: the night sky in July

Posted by: Derek Smale, Posted on: 7 July 2023 - Categories: Astronomy
South Devon Milky Way

July is a great month for stargazing, including seeing the Milky Way galaxy, a conjunction of the rocky inner planets of our Solar System and two meteor showers.

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