UK Space Agency

Up to £20m could be made available from national and local government, subject to business case, for Spaceport Cornwall and Virgin Orbit as part of the Industrial Strategy spaceflight programme – LaunchUK UK Space Agency to work with the United St...

4 June 2019 – The UK will develop a new instrument for use on space weather monitoring spacecraft to observe the solar wind, in order to protect astronauts, satellites and ground infrastructure. The Sun is always emitting magnetised plasma called ...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...