September 2017
Australia’s unique space history
...a Skylark rocket and the Black Arrow reconstruction in the background. Britain’s Black Knight research missile was used 1958 - 1965 for ... from Woomera in 1967, and the last launch of Britain’s Black Arrow programme, active 1969 - 1971, lofted Prospero...
09 July 2018
Plans for a future Mars rover to return soil samples to Earth
...to Earth for the first time ever, demonstrates Britain’s world-leading scientific and engineering innovation.” The .... The close collaboration between the UK and ESA will place Britain at the forefront of innovative missions to explore the Moon, Mars...
05 June 2019
UK government backs ambitious space plans
... role in our modern Industrial Strategy, promotes global Britain and ensures our national security. These exciting plans from... to play a role in bringing space launch back to Britain - with a revolutionary new level of flexibility and responsiveness....
06 February 2020
Scottish space firm flies to Silicon Valley with Heathrow support
... as part of an initiative to help Britain’s small businesses achieve their exporting ambitions, ... their payloads. Ross Baker, Heathrow’s Chief Commercial Officer, said “Britain’s small businesses are the backbone of our economy and Heathrow is proud...
June 2015
Training space tourists to fly to the ISS at the Gagarin Centre
... non-governmental, privately funded projects. First was the TV journalist Toyohiro Akiyama from Japan and then Britain’s Helen Sharman. Both travelled to the Soviet Mir station aboard Soyuz spacecraft. Yet these were one...
May 2017
Could Brexit blow a hole in UK’s space ambitions?
We are leaving the European Union not Europe”, an often-repeated phrase since the UK Referendum of 23 June 2016, and one which might offer some comfort to those who are participants in organisations outside the European Union (EU), including the ...
