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Tuesday, 09 August 2022
Space start-ups generated almost £9 million in investment and created 80 new jobs after taking part in a UK Space Agency-backed business support progr...
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
A teenager from Derby has won a competition run by the UK Space Agency calling for innovative ideas on how satellites can improve life on Earth. ...
Monday, 25 July 2022
A team from the University of Glasgow has won a government-run competition to develop a climate change satellite for launch from the UK. ...
Monday, 18 July 2022
A research satellite from RHEA Group, built by Open Cosmos, completes the line-up of satellites set to launch from Spaceport Cornwall this year....
Saturday, 02 July 2022
Virgin Orbit’s next satellite launch will take place from the UK, following the success of the “Straight Up” mission....
Friday, 17 June 2022
The UK Government will invest £30 million to secure the UK’s leading role in developing a space telescope to explore exoplanets....
Monday, 13 June 2022
Gaia’s latest major data release reveals new detail on nearly 2 billion stars, providing largest ever catalogue of information on stars in our galaxy....
Wednesday, 08 June 2022
A new European Space Agency science mission, proposed by the UK, to 3D-map a comet for the first time has reached a major milestone....
Friday, 20 May 2022
A 12-year-old from Hampshire has been named the winner of Blue Peter’s Awesome Orbit competition to design an emblem that will go on one of the first ...
Wednesday, 11 May 2022
The UK Space Agency has welcomed news that the British rocket company Orbex has unveiled the first full-scale prototype of its Prime orbital space roc...
Tuesday, 12 April 2022
The number of UK space jobs continued to grow into 2020, despite the global impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new figures released today....
Monday, 11 April 2022
A 6-year-old from Bolton has won a competition to design a logo that will be displayed on the first rockets launching satellites from the UK later thi...
Monday, 14 March 2022
British space technology will help pioneer new approaches to energy, communications and resources, thanks to new projects from the UK Space Agency...
Monday, 20 December 2021
A government-backed experiment which could help people live longer, healthier lives is set to launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday 21 ...
Thursday, 09 December 2021
The UK Space Agency welcomes the news that British company Orbex is constructing a state-of-the-art rocket test facility in Kinloss, Scotland....
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
A new project to map existing work to tackle climate action through the use of space technology and identify what more could be done has been launched...
Monday, 08 November 2021
Satellite data will be used to monitor and map heat in locations at greatest risk from climate change in one of two new projects being backed by the U...
Friday, 05 November 2021
The Government‘s Nanosat Design Competition has opened for entries, with aspiring space scientists invited to design a small satellite to help inform ...
Wednesday, 03 November 2021
A new look for a UK-led mission that will set a new benchmark to detect change in Earth's climate system has been unveiled as part of Earth Informatio...
Tuesday, 02 November 2021
The UK Space Agency has provided new funding for a joint British and French mission, called MicroCarb, dedicated to monitoring atmospheric carbon diox...
Tuesday, 26 October 2021
The UK Space Agency is today announcing a range of different initiatives aimed at supporting safe and sustainable space operations....
Thursday, 14 October 2021
The UK Space Agency and NASA have agreed to work together on a mission to observe and map the heliosphere - the area of space surrounding the Sun fill...
Saturday, 09 October 2021
New research backed by the UK Space Agency will look to solve challenges such as muscle loss and isolation stress that astronauts face during long mis...
Thursday, 16 September 2021
A UK satellite company will provide the first commercial link between Earth and the Moon....
Saturday, 31 July 2021
A UK-built satellite capable of being reprogrammed in space has successfully launched from French Guiana in South America.? ...
Thursday, 08 July 2021
New government funding will help leading UK space technology company Reaction Engines bring low-carbon space propulsion one step closer...
Friday, 02 July 2021
A new and upgraded parachute for the UK-built Rosalind Franklin Mars rover has successfully passed a series of high-altitude tests...
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Government grants worth up to £15,000 each will help UK companies get their ideas for space-based technologies or research off the ground...
Thursday, 10 June 2021
British scientists will play a leading role in a new mission to study the geology and atmosphere of Venus, our neighbouring planet, helping determine ...
Wednesday, 09 June 2021
Dr Paul Bate will start as the new UK Space Agency CEO on 6 September 2021...
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