Government news, all in one place
Government news, all in one place
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Wednesday, 23 November 2022
The UK has new astronauts, following a rigorous selection process and record UK Space Agency investment in the European Space Agency (ESA)....
Wednesday, 16 November 2022
The UK Space Agency welcomes the successful launch of Artemis I...
Tuesday, 08 November 2022
Government ministers visited Spaceport Cornwall today (8th November 2022) ahead of the first satellite launch from UK soil later this month....
Monday, 17 October 2022
Science Minister Nusrat Ghani has unveiled a new £15 million fund for UK businesses to revolutionise satellite communications technology. ...
Sunday, 16 October 2022
A 72ft (22m) life-size replica of the first rocket that will launch from UK soil later this year went on display outside the Science Museum in London ...
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Virgin Orbit’s carrier aircraft, ground support equipment, and rocket are set to arrive in Cornwall this week ahead of the first satellite launch from...
Monday, 26 September 2022
Two UK-based companies are designing missions to clear hazardous space junk alongside the launch of a new programme to back cutting-edge space technol...
Tuesday, 09 August 2022
Space start-ups generated almost £9 million in investment and created 80 new jobs after taking part in a UK Space Agency-backed business support progr...
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
A teenager from Derby has won a competition run by the UK Space Agency calling for innovative ideas on how satellites can improve life on Earth. ...
Monday, 25 July 2022
A team from the University of Glasgow has won a government-run competition to develop a climate change satellite for launch from the UK. ...
Monday, 18 July 2022
A research satellite from RHEA Group, built by Open Cosmos, completes the line-up of satellites set to launch from Spaceport Cornwall this year....
Saturday, 02 July 2022
Virgin Orbit’s next satellite launch will take place from the UK, following the success of the “Straight Up” mission....
Friday, 17 June 2022
The UK Government will invest £30 million to secure the UK’s leading role in developing a space telescope to explore exoplanets....
Monday, 13 June 2022
Gaia’s latest major data release reveals new detail on nearly 2 billion stars, providing largest ever catalogue of information on stars in our galaxy....
Wednesday, 08 June 2022
A new European Space Agency science mission, proposed by the UK, to 3D-map a comet for the first time has reached a major milestone....
Friday, 20 May 2022
A 12-year-old from Hampshire has been named the winner of Blue Peter’s Awesome Orbit competition to design an emblem that will go on one of the first ...
Wednesday, 11 May 2022
The UK Space Agency has welcomed news that the British rocket company Orbex has unveiled the first full-scale prototype of its Prime orbital space roc...
Tuesday, 12 April 2022
The number of UK space jobs continued to grow into 2020, despite the global impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new figures released today....
Monday, 11 April 2022
A 6-year-old from Bolton has won a competition to design a logo that will be displayed on the first rockets launching satellites from the UK later thi...
Monday, 14 March 2022
British space technology will help pioneer new approaches to energy, communications and resources, thanks to new projects from the UK Space Agency...
Monday, 20 December 2021
A government-backed experiment which could help people live longer, healthier lives is set to launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday 21 ...
Thursday, 09 December 2021
The UK Space Agency welcomes the news that British company Orbex is constructing a state-of-the-art rocket test facility in Kinloss, Scotland....
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
A new project to map existing work to tackle climate action through the use of space technology and identify what more could be done has been launched...
Monday, 08 November 2021
Satellite data will be used to monitor and map heat in locations at greatest risk from climate change in one of two new projects being backed by the U...
Friday, 05 November 2021
The Government‘s Nanosat Design Competition has opened for entries, with aspiring space scientists invited to design a small satellite to help inform ...
Wednesday, 03 November 2021
A new look for a UK-led mission that will set a new benchmark to detect change in Earth's climate system has been unveiled as part of Earth Informatio...
Tuesday, 02 November 2021
The UK Space Agency has provided new funding for a joint British and French mission, called MicroCarb, dedicated to monitoring atmospheric carbon diox...
Tuesday, 26 October 2021
The UK Space Agency is today announcing a range of different initiatives aimed at supporting safe and sustainable space operations....
Thursday, 14 October 2021
The UK Space Agency and NASA have agreed to work together on a mission to observe and map the heliosphere - the area of space surrounding the Sun fill...
Saturday, 09 October 2021
New research backed by the UK Space Agency will look to solve challenges such as muscle loss and isolation stress that astronauts face during long mis...
Attorney General's Office Rapist who threatened woman has sentence increased
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Department for Business and Trade Trade Minister Speech at Chatham House
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Combatting Anti Muslim Hatred: UK statement to the OSCE