UK Space Agency

Two major subsystems of a joint France-UK space mission to combat climate change, by measuring carbon dioxide concentrations, have been delivered from the UK to Toulouse. Due for launch in 2022, the mission will monitor and map sources and ‘sinks’...

A new gold standard national rocket test facility will soon open its doors, the Science Minister Amanda Solloway has announced today (18 December). The new centre will allow UK companies and academics to fire up and test state-of-the-art space pro...

To mark the fifth anniversary of his historic journey to space, British astronaut Tim Peake has launched a campaign asking people to share their stories of how his mission inspired them. At 11.03 on 15 December 2015 Tim Peake ascended into the sky...

A UK-led biomining in space experiment, which has the potential to provide resources needed for future missions to the Moon and Mars, is due to launch on a SpaceX rocket today (Saturday 5th December at 16:39 GMT). Experiments on the International ...

Astronomers have today taken a meteoric leap closer to discovering how our solar system began, unveiling the most detailed atlas of the Milky Way in history. UK researchers, backed by funding from the UK Space Agency, produced a precise 3D map of ...

UK businesses will be able to tap into the potential of 5G and satellite technology as a new testing facility is being created. The engineering hub, set to be built by the IT and business consultancy CGI at the Harwell Campus in Oxfordshire, is be...

A Government-backed satellite that will allow UK scientists to measure sea level rise – one of the biggest threats posed by climate change – is set to launch on a SpaceX rocket tomorrow from Vandenberg, California. In the past two decades, space h...

Government has today (Wednesday 18 November) backed the development of new ‘space hubs’ across England as well as providing funding to support projects in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Each area, dubbed a ‘space hub’, will use Government f...