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Thursday, 28 February 2019
A space control centre in the UK has been used to test-drive a prototype Mars rover thousands of miles away in Chile’s Atacama desert....
Friday, 09 November 2018
Due to land in 2021, the ExoMars rover will be the first of its kind to travel across the Martian surface and drill down to determine if evidence of l...
Friday, 19 October 2018
In the early hours of tomorrow morning (Saturday 20th October) a spacecraft made possible by the best of UK space science is set to blast off bound fo...
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission is a step closer to launch as a UK built device is delivered to Thales Alenia Space in France....
Monday, 08 October 2018
The UK Space Agency has joined a campaign to encourage more girls to study science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and consider careers in s...
Wednesday, 03 October 2018
The United Kingdom and Australia will co-operate on activities including communications technologies, space situational awareness and satellite naviga...
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
A British-built satellite equipped with a 3.4-Kilowatt laser, as powerful as 840 lightbulbs, will be launched into space this evening. ...
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
7 cutting-edge science projects receive a share of £4.7 million government funding. ...
Monday, 16 July 2018
Lockheed Martin and Orbex are investing in space launch operations and bringing innovative new technology to Britain, Business Secretary Greg Clark an...
Friday, 13 April 2018
The winners of the SatelLife competition, aged between 13 and 21, will go on to pitch their ideas to a panel of ‘dragons’ from the space sector....
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
A group of UK universities has been awarded £4.8 million from Research England to enhance research and innovation in the UK space industry. ...
Thursday, 08 February 2018
Improved disaster response in Commonwealth states and tropical disease control are among the goals of 10 new projects involving British space organisa...
Thursday, 18 January 2018
The UK Space Agency and CNES signed a joint statement to step up co-operation in space, at the UK-France Summit in Sandhurst today (Thursday 18 Januar...
Thursday, 07 December 2017
The UK Space Agency has announced £200,000 of funding for 4 new business incubators to boost the number of start-up companies in the space sector acro...
Friday, 13 October 2017
A UK-built satellite which will be part of Europe’s world-leading environmental monitoring programme – Copernicus – has been successfully launched tod...
Friday, 15 September 2017
After two decades in space, the remarkable journey of the Cassini spacecraft comes to a dramatic end on Friday 15 September....
Monday, 24 July 2017
AlSat Nano has been successfully operating in orbit for over 9 months. As it approaches its one year milestone we provide a status update and a summar...
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
A mission searching for habitable planets orbiting alien stars has been given the green light to move into the construction phase....
Friday, 21 April 2017
The CEOI has reached its 10th anniversary, during which time it has funded more than 50 new technologies....
Wednesday, 19 April 2017
UK and French space agencies have reached a ground-breaking new agreement to work together to tackle climate change....
Friday, 24 March 2017
Twelve young space entrepreneurs have won a share of £50K for innovative ideas on how to use satellite data to improve life on Earth....
Thursday, 01 December 2016
Opening statement from Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research & Innovation, Jo Johnson at the ESA Ministerial Council 2016....
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
The UK Space Agency and UAE Space Agency today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a strategic space partnership....
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Successful launch for Sentinel-2A ...
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
UK Space Agency signs MOU with Ofcom and Government scraps Insurance Premium Tax for spacecraft operators....
Thursday, 05 March 2015
The UK Space Agency’s next CubeSat mission, AlSat Nano, is starting to take shape, following the selection of the mission’s payloads....
Friday, 16 January 2015
UK Space Agency brings satellite tools to Government departments....
Friday, 16 January 2015
Beagle 2 successfully landed on Mars on 25th December 2003....
Friday, 12 December 2014
The UK Space Agency is making an extra investment of over £200 million in Europe’s space programme....
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
UK space organisations team up with Raspberry Pi to launch out of this world competition....
Environment Agency River restoration project to reduce flood risk in Shipley
Government Chemist 2026 Government Chemist Conference report and recordings
HM Treasury Chancellor John Healey delivers speech to Treasury staff
Cabinet Office Machinery of Government changes: Fact Sheet
Civil Nuclear Constabulary Lynne Ford retires after 34 years protecting UK nuclear policing
Civil Nuclear Constabulary Chief Inspector Steve Edwards retires after 51 years of service
Central Arbitration Committee How to submit applications and complaints to the CAC