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Remembering Professor Stephen Hawking
Remembering Professor Stephen Hawking
Our thoughts regarding the late Professor Stephen Hawking.
New funding for public engagement
Champions of space exploration often make much of its ill-defined but essential quality, ‘inspiration,’ and its potential for outreach. Equally, artists and creative types (in the broadest sense) are often keen to point out that their work is more than …
Sentinel-2A: image of the week
In the early hours of Tuesday (23 June 2015), we waved goodbye to Sentinel-2A as it was carried away on a Vega rocket.
Rocket seeds ready for launch!
Two kilograms of rocket (salad) seeds are on their way to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of British ESA astronaut Tim Peake’s six-month Principia mission.
Odysseus competition open to young UK scientists
Young scientists from the UK are invited to compete in Odysseus, an exciting competition exploring the mysteries and challenges of space.
First woman in space: image of the week
This week (16 June 2015) celebrated the anniversary of the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, in 1963.
Our Galaxy’s Magnetic Field: image of the week
This Planck image shows the complicated link between the magnetic field of our galaxy and its interstellar dust.
50 Years of spacewalks: image of the week
This week (3 June 2015) is the 50th anniversary of the first NASA spacewalk. Edward H. White II floated for more than 20 minutes in the microgravity of space on the Gemini IV mission in 1965. At the end of …
A year in space for Sentinel-1A: image of the week
An image over Russia’s Siberia region was released on the anniversary of Sentinel-1A’s orbit.
Plants in space: success at the Chelsea Flower Show
Last week, we celebrated the launch of Rocket Science; an educational project sending salad seeds to space and back. Give your local school the opportunity to grow these 'space seeds' in a national science experiment.
Into gardening? We're at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show!
We can't wait to exhibit at the RHS Chelsea Flower show next week and we want you to tell us which of the following plants you would take to space.