20 November 2017
New £29 million AI and robotics space hub for UK
... through a £6.7 million grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the UK Space Agency (UKSA). FAIR-SPACE plans to go beyond the-state-of-the-art in robotic sensing, perception, mobility and manipulation by tasking...
14 June 2019
First experiments on Chinese Space Station announced
... it finally becomes operational. The selection was jointly implemented by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) and announced at this years Committee on the Peaceful Uses Of Outer...
30 May 2018
China opens up its space station to the world
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and China’s Manned Space Agency (CMSA) have invited applications from United Nations Member States to conduct experiments on-board China’s Space Station (CSS). In 2016 UNOOSA and CMSA signed...
18 November 2020
AstroAgency secures funding for Scottish Space Leadership Council
...sector has been awarded a development grant from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) to establish a space hub on behalf of the Scottish Space Leadership Council (SSLC). Space start-up AstroAgency will use the financial support to advance the SSLC into a fully...
December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
.... There has also been significant reorganisation of space governance, with the creation of a UK National Space Council as a Cabinet-level committee and a change in the role of the UK Space Agency, which appears to be losing its role in determining...
25 June 2021
China announces plans to build a base on Mars starting in 2033
... noted that it would be a starting point for future space voyages. Such technology has been mentioned before by the Chinese...to and from the moon. The design, which includes a space capsule for holding passengers or cargo that is propelled upwards into...
