September 2019
A new era in planetary defence missions
... Sean Blair is a journalist and editor for the European Space Agency website. He studied at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, University of California Santa Barbara and the University of Wales at Cardiff. Sean has covered ESA missions including...
February 2020
Opportunity knocks for UK space industry
... which will be critical in the future. I also hope we move forward quickly on a vertical launch solution in the north of Scotland as has been proposed, which will certainly require some element of government support in the early years. What...
April 2020
Spaceport Cornwall – from protests to sustainability
... money on aerospace were critiqued. Similar protests have been happening at the proposed vertical launch site in northern Scotland and have continued at most public events since the vote. While increasing public awareness of the importance...
March 2021
Campuses, clusters and a leading force in UK space
... radiation background projects, with fully supported experimental areas operated at clean room standards. Further north in Scotland at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh, STFC scientists and researchers design, build, develop, test and...
February 2022
Extremophiles as a blueprint for universal life
... Mykhailo Yatsiuta, originally from Ukraine, is studying physics, chemistry, biology and engineering at Thurso High School in Scotland. He is a full-time member of Caithness Astronomy Group and is an active participant in outreach activities for the...
April 2025
Azores rising – Portugal’s Atlantic outpost vying to become space gateway
.... In the broader European context, new launch sites are springing up or are in advanced planning in places like Scotland (SaxaVord in the Shetlands and Sutherland on the mainland), Spaceport Cornwall (for horizontal launches) and Norway’s And...
