June 2014
A revitalised space sector reduces costs and makes space data more accessible
... satellites directly. One example is the UK company, Avanti Communications, which was able to raise money in the City of London to fund the procurement of satellites that are now providing broadband services. Government bodies are also realising...
August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
...been. British astronaut Tim Peake ‘runs’ the 2016 London Marathon whilst onboard the ISS In terms of knowledge ...the British population by completing a space-walk, running the London Marathon from the ISS and talking directly to school children...
September 2016
Life in the extremes: confessions of an astrobiologist
... from charities. I paved my own path towards astrobiology research. First I studied planetary science at University College London (UCL) where I learnt about the importance of geology in influencing the possibility of life forming on celestial bodies...
February 2017
Growing space agency dilemma
... of the United States identified a future giant coronal mass ejection as a very likely ‘black swan’ event. A Lloyd’s of London study concluded that a solar storm could cause trillions of dollars of damage to our electrical power grids, pipelines...
February 2019
Simulating lunar and martian regolith in the laboratory
... Analogue Collection). Along with the associated curation protocols, it was started by the Natural History Museum (NHM), London, whose extraterrestrial materials team identified common rock types throughout the solar system and found readily...
August 2019
Reinventing the space museum
... such as the Air and Space Museum in Washington or the London Science Museum’s Space exhibit. As fantastic and popular as these ...of footfall and income. Renowned museologist and former London Science Museum curator, Kelly MacDonald notes that since...
