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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 UK Space Agency.
The Government‘s Nanosat Design Competition has opened for entries, with aspiring space scientists invited to design a small satellite to help inform solutions to climate change.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
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 Information Day (3rd November 2021) at COP26 - the United Nations Climate Chang…
The UK Space Agency has provided new funding for a joint British and French mission, called MicroCarb, dedicated to monitoring atmospheric carbon dioxide - the main greenhouse gas responsible for climate change.
The UK Space Agency is today announcing a range of different initiatives aimed at supporting safe and sustainable space operations.
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 filled with charged particles known as the solar wind.
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
SMILE will study the interaction between the Earth’s magnetosphere and solar wind – charged particles streaming from the Sun.
Government unveils new plans to strengthen the UK as a world class space nation.
A UK satellite company will provide the first commercial link between Earth and the Moon.
Contracts worth up to £400,000 available for innovations that enhance intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance in the space domain
A new government-backed app will help drivers to see which electric vehicles best suit their lifestyle.
Delivered by Lauren Newell, UK Space Agency International Policy Lead, at the United Nations in Vienna, 2 September 2021.
Delivered by Lauren Newell, UK Space Agency International Policy Lead, at the United Nations in Vienna, 30 August 2021.
Delivered by Corinne Kitsell OBE, Ambassador and UK Permanent Representative to IAEA and CTBTO, at the United Nations in Vienna, 25 August 2021.
A UK-built satellite capable of being reprogrammed in space has successfully launched from French Guiana in South America.
Legislation provides framework enabling the UK to be the first European country to launch spacecraft and satellites from home soil.
New government funding will help leading UK space technology company Reaction Engines bring low-carbon space propulsion one step closer
A new and upgraded parachute for the UK-built Rosalind Franklin Mars rover has successfully passed a series of high-altitude tests
Government grants worth up to £15,000 each will help UK companies get their ideas for space-based technologies or research off the ground
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