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NASA awards $608 million contract to PAE-KBR Joint Venture

April 29th, 2019 Posted in News
29 April 2019 – NASA recently announced it awarded the Base Operations, Spaceport Services contract at the Kennedy Space Center to the joint venture PAE-SGT Partners LLC, known as PSP. The firm fixed-price contract with a potential value of $608.7...
Nitrogen dioxide over Europe

Space tech to fight bowel cancer and exposure to air pollution

April 29th, 2019 Posted in News
29 April 2019 – New health technologies inspired by working in space will provide real-time diagnosis of bowel cancer and freedom from air pollution. The projects are being funded with a share of £5m by the UK Space Agency to mark the 70th bir...
NASA InSight lander

First ‘Marsquake’ captured by UK sensors

April 23rd, 2019 Posted in News
23 April 2019 – The NASA InSight lander, which is supported by the UK Space Agency, has recorded its first likely ‘marsquake’. Seismic vibrations of the Martian surface were detected by a set of silicon sensors developed in the UK.
Ecometrica forest monitoring systems

Global problems to be tackled by UK from space

April 18th, 2019 Posted in News
18 April 2019 – A new directory published today showcases the range of UK’s expertise in satellite technology, and how it can help tackle problems such as illegal deforestation, disaster response and food production.
ESA ExoMars

British instruments reveal secrets of Martian sky

April 10th, 2019 Posted in News
10 April 2019 – The first results from the ExoMars mission supported by the UK Space Agency reveal the effects of a massive, global dust storm on the Red Planet. Over the last year the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) spac...
Adaptix cancer scanning

Stargazing technology used to spot cancer

April 8th, 2019 Posted in News
8 April 2019 – Cancer could be detected in patients far earlier by using the same technology used to observe stars millions of miles away. Now experts have been granted £1 million of UK Space Agency funding, following a competition to celebrat...