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Two UK-based companies are designing missions to clear hazardous space junk alongside the launch of a new programme to back cutting-edge space technology.
Delivered by Andrew Peebles, Senior Political Attaché, UK Mission to the UN in Vienna, 7 February 2022
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Secured through the Space to Innovate Campaign – Bravo Drop, five innovative organisations have won funding to develop technologies that enhance the UK’s ability to safely operate in space
A European mission to explore how gravity, dark energy and dark matter has shaped the Universe has launched following £37 million UK Space Agency funding.
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 missions
Vital technology for the first ever mission to remove a piece of debris from space is going to be built in the UK, the Science Minister has announced today
The new measures will demonstrate the UK’s commitment, ambition and drive to improve the UK’s sustainable use of space.
The UK Space Agency, NASA and other partners have signed a historic agreement on principles for space ahead of a future mission to the Moon
Airbus has been awarded a new landmark climate change space contract
Statement delivered on behalf of 46 Member States at the Joint Panel Discussion of the 1st and 4th Committees on Challenges to Space Security and Sustainability
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Meet high-flyer Jake who has been working as an exchange officer with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory on its space programme for the past 2 years.
A government-backed experiment which could help people live longer, healthier lives is set to launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday 21 December.
The UK Space Agency has announced £2.7 million for 13 early-stage technology projects across England, Scotland and Wales to support the satellite launch sector
TRUTHS is a UK-led mission to create a space-based climate and calibration observatory that will improve confidence in climate change forecasts and support net zero mitigation strategies and their impact.
The UK Space Agency is investing in projects that could revolutionise our ability to journey deeper into space – and even travel to Mars.
New funding from the UK Space Agency will boost UK-based space technologies, such as harnessing solar power for reusable spacecraft and new propulsion systems.
Today (Thursday 3rd June), hundreds of tiny worms are being flown to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of an experiment to understand more about human muscle loss and how to prevent it.
In a giant leap in British spaceflight history, government publishes response to commercial spaceflight consultation.
Delivered by a member of the UK Delegation to the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS 65) in June 2022.
Delivered by Ambassador Neil Bush at the OSCE Permanent Council, 28 January 2021.
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