January 2021
How the UK space sector is levelling up with support from its science facilities
... analysing data. The work STFC engages in with businesses facilitates and realises the potential and impact of space technology both upstream and downstream. In 2020, STFC celebrated the tenth anniversary of its involvement in the flagship programme...
28 November 2016
UK capital investment company initiates pioneering space technologies fund
...on investing in both downstream (software), and upstream (hardware) opportunities, and will also look at technologies that have potential space applications such as robotics, nanomaterials and artificial intelligence and those which rely on satellite...
July 2014
Space technology transfer portals and the chance progress of innovation
...of the economy by reaching out to those industries that would not routinely consider space as a technology resource and by seeking ways to accelerate the flow of technology and know-how. This means being proactive in raising awareness among companies...
December 2014
Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space
... development now, would then travel to the redirected asteroid in the 2020s. Advancing spacecraft technologies ARM will test a number of new space technologies to extend human spaceflight beyond LEO. One of these is the use of advanced solar electric...
September 2016
Small launcher market survey
... P. Hollingsworth, “Small Satellite Launch to LEO: A Review of Current and Future Launch Systems,” 29th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (conference paper), Nagoya-Aichi, Japan, 2013. 4“Northstar- The Versatile, Green and Safe...
December 2017
Dressing up for space
... extreme environments to facilitate human missions in microgravity, and create new opportunities and spin-offs for space technology in the private sector. She is the Principal Investigator of the VEST (Marco Polo mission) and GOAL (Eneide ...
