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Speech from Science Minister Jo Johnson at the ESA Ministerial

Speech from Science Minister Jo Johnson at the ESA Ministerial

Thursday, 01 December 2016

Opening statement from Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research & Innovation, Jo Johnson at the ESA Ministerial Council 2016....

UK and United Arab Emirates increase collaboration in space

UK and United Arab Emirates increase collaboration in space

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....

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Europe launches second Copernicus environmental satellite

Europe launches second Copernicus environmental satellite

Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Successful launch for Sentinel-2A ...

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Making the UK the place for space

Making the UK the place for space

Wednesday, 20 May 2015

UK Space Agency signs MOU with Ofcom and Government scraps Insurance Premium Tax for spacecraft operators....

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UK Space Agency’s second CubeSat mission is taking shape

UK Space Agency’s second CubeSat mission is taking shape

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....

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Boosting public services with satellites

Boosting public services with satellites

Friday, 16 January 2015

UK Space Agency brings satellite tools to Government departments....

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UK led Beagle 2 lander found on Mars

UK led Beagle 2 lander found on Mars

Friday, 16 January 2015

Beagle 2 successfully landed on Mars on 25th December 2003....

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UK space industry set to rocket with over £200 million of new investment for Europe’s space programme

UK space industry set to rocket with over £200 million of new investment for Europe’s space programme

Friday, 12 December 2014

The UK Space Agency is making an extra investment of over £200 million in Europe’s space programme....

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Send your computer code into space with astronaut Tim Peake

Send your computer code into space with astronaut Tim Peake

Wednesday, 10 December 2014

UK space organisations team up with Raspberry Pi to launch out of this world competition....

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UK Space Agency to invest up to £32 million in global space industry partnerships

UK Space Agency to invest up to £32 million in global space industry partnerships

Monday, 17 November 2014

The UK Space Agency is investing up to £32 million to open opportunities for the UK space sector to share expertise in real-world satellite technology...

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Minister completes ECSAT’s highest point

Minister completes ECSAT’s highest point

Wednesday, 05 November 2014

Minister for Universities, Science and Cities visits ESA's new ECSAT building to complete the topmost concrete slab....

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Report reveals continued growth of UK space sector

Report reveals continued growth of UK space sector

Thursday, 09 October 2014

The UK Space Agency has today (Thursday 9 October) published its biennial study into the progress of the UK space sector. ...

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Blue Peter viewers invited to design astronaut’s mission patch

Blue Peter viewers invited to design astronaut’s mission patch

Thursday, 04 September 2014

Blue Peter mission patch competition launched....

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Rosetta arrives at comet destination

Rosetta arrives at comet destination

Wednesday, 06 August 2014

Europe’s Rosetta has today become the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a comet, opening a new chapter in Solar System exploration....

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Government paves way for UK spaceport

Government paves way for UK spaceport

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Government consults on essential criteria for location to launch commercial space flights from 2018....

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Successful launch for UK Space Agency’s first cubesat mission

Successful launch for UK Space Agency’s first cubesat mission

Wednesday, 09 July 2014

UKube-1, the UK Space Agency’s first cubesat mission, was successfully launched yesterday at 16:58 BST....

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The Great British Space Dinner

The Great British Space Dinner

Friday, 02 May 2014

UK students invited to design a meal fit for an astronaut....

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Shaping the future of the UK space sector

Shaping the future of the UK space sector

Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Government response to the space growth action plan and launch of the national space security policy....

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Europe lofts first Copernicus environmental satellite

Europe lofts first Copernicus environmental satellite

Thursday, 03 April 2014

The ability of European citizens, policymakers and service providers to access key environmental data on a routine basis will take a major step forwar...

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Airbus Defence and Space opens state of the art Mars Yard

Airbus Defence and Space opens state of the art Mars Yard

Thursday, 27 March 2014

The new state-of-the-art extended Mars Yard in Stevenage will be the test area for Europe's Exomars rover...

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Surveying storm damage from space: UK satellite provides images of Somerset floods

Surveying storm damage from space: UK satellite provides images of Somerset floods

Wednesday, 12 February 2014

Satellite images taken by the UK’s disaster monitoring satellite, UK-DMC2, are assisting UK agencies in their response to the severe flooding caused b...

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£15 million investment seals UK/ France space collaboration

£15 million investment seals UK/ France space collaboration

Friday, 31 January 2014

New agreement will see more joint working, including £15 million investment identified for instruments for weather satellites and a UK contribution to...

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