A new investment facility in Northern Ireland’s space industry has been opened by UK astronaut Major Tim Peake. Major Peake officially opened Thales’s space propulsion facilities in Belfast as part of a UK wide programme organised by the UK Space Agency and ESA designed to promote space manufacturing and STEM subjects. The ...
Following calls for proposals earlier this year, some £150,000 has been awarded in grants for exciting new space education and outreach activities projects. Eight partners have been selected by the UK Space Agency to receive grants for outreach and education activities related to the space exploration programme. The partners selected for funding ...
National Rocketry competition opened to next generation of engineers. Students aged 11-18 are being invited to take part in the 11th UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge (UKAYRoC). Organised by the ADS, teams will compete regionally to qualify for the national finals and the winners will represent the UK in a fly ...
Monday 26th September saw AlSat Nano – a joint CubeSat mission between the UK Space Agency and Algerian Space Agency, successfully launched from India. Contact with the satellite was established shortly after launch and orbital injection from the Surrey Space Centre (University of Surrey) ground station in Guildford. A number of ...