The Launch UK conference has been held at the Royal Aeronautical Society, with speeches from Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson, Minister for Aviation Lord Ahmad, and UK Space Agency CEO Katherine Courtney. The conference was designed to bring together government and the UK commercial space sector, with potential UK spaceports ...
The UK Government has launched a £10M scheme to incentivise commercial space flight. Science Minister Jo Johnson announced the grants today, which will enable the UK to establish a commercial spaceflight market. It is anticipated that the global space market will be worth estimated £25Bn over the next 20 years Companies receiving ...
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 ...