World’s first fully flexible satellite lifts-off
Eutelsat Quantum, backed by UK Space Agency funding and built in Britain by Airbus in Portsmouth and Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) in Guildford, is
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Space
Landing on Mars is one step closer for British-built rover
A new and upgraded parachute for the UK-built Rosalind Franklin Mars rover has successfully passed a series of high-altitude tests, bringing
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Nokia selected by NASA to build first ever mobile network on the Moon
Nokia has announced further details after being named by NASA as a partner to advance “Tipping Point” technologies for the
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UK built Spacecraft launches to explore the Sun
The UK-built Solar Orbiter spacecraft successfully launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida shortly after 4am today (Monday, 10 February). The
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Space Minister Chris Skidmore speaks at the UK Space Conference 2019
The following speech was delivered on 24th September 2019 by the Space Minister Chris Skidmore at the UK Space Conference 2019.
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The working mum who wrote the Apollo 11 guidance computer source code
A few years after graduating from Earlham College with a BA in Mathematics, Margaret Hamilton soon found herself in charge
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How the Moon landing 50 years ago inspired a generation in the UK
Hundreds of people across the UK have shared their astonishing memories, photos and scrapbooks for a special compilation to mark
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Embracing the new Space Age
Science Minister Chris Skidmore makes a speech about the strength of the UK space industry, 50 years on from the
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Jodrell Bank added to UNESCO World Heritage List
Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The observatory becomes the 32nd UNESCO
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Scottish supercomputer satellites launched into orbit
A pair of Glasgow-built satellites which could revolutionise how data is downloaded from space were successfully launched. Satellites are essential
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