30 June 2015
Debating Asteroid Day: NEOs, Dr. Brian May, the Catalina Sky Survey and more
... risk we’re willing to accept from smaller rocks. That risk is not easy to calculate. Just take the case of Britain. It is not directly in any known asteroid path – but as the Telegraph reports , a sea impact could potentially trigger...
05 October 2015
ESTEC opens its doors, 9,000 hi-res Apollo photos go online, and other news from the weekend
... of the launch of the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1—a momentous day in the history of space exploration! Britain’s Daily Mail reported that a Russian fan of Manchester United, Alexei Yakovlev, enlisted astronaut Steve Swanson to take...
15 December 2015
First British Astronaut Leaves for ISS Today
... Program," Peake said during a news conference in September. "And that really opens the door for Great Britain; it opens the door in terms of the scientific community that can now enjoy participating in the scientific research...
20 April 2016
Satellite company OneWeb announce ambitious plans for world-wide internet coverage
... following a co-funding agreement with the state of Florida. Start-up Internet satellite constellation operator OneWeb LLC, based in Britain’s Channel Islands, already has $500 million in funding from big players that include satellite fleet operator...
03 May 2016
Martian Seasonal Streaks May be Caused by Boiling Water
An international team from France, Britain and the United States has reported Monday that the results of their Earth-bound lab experiments ...
16 January 2018
MP highlights ROOM article during Parliamentary debate
... real detail for spaceport operators and launch providers. UK government ministers say the Bill is designed to ensure Britain stays at the forefront of the space industry. But at the same time prime minister Theresa May was...
