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Sir Arthur Clarke Awards 2026 Celebrate Excellence Across the UK and International Space Sector
Press release | 28 October 2026 Ten awards recognise outstanding achievements in space research, education, industry, public engagement and international collaboration at the 21st Sir Arthur Clarke Awards ceremony in London. The 2026 Sir Arthur Clarke Awards celebrated…
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The British Interplanetary Society to support a proposed UK-led expedition to the lunar south pole.
The British Interplanetary Society is pleased to support the ambition of The Shackleton Rover Expedition, a proposed UK-led expedition to the lunar south pole. Shackleton plans to send a small rover into the lunar south polar region and use ultrasonic terrain-penetration…
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Edinburgh rocket engine start-up wins first national Space Challenge
Lower-cost rocket engine wins first national Space Challenge award Edinburgh venture developing simpler engine to cut cost and complexity of launch technology SCOTTISH innovators developing a lower-cost rocket engine designed to be easier to manufacture have won the inaugural…
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Interstellar research round-up: power systems, deep-space trajectories and light sails
Interstellar research round-up: power systems, deep-space trajectories and light sails This round-up from our friends at the Institute for Interstellar Studies (i4is) Educational Academy brings together recent research and commentary on technologies that could support future…
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Out of the Silent Planet
Overlapping creative wavelengths: J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Out of the Silent Planet Unlike the fictional planet in C.S. Lewis’ novel, the Earth has seldom been silent, at least not since the advent of the telecommunications era; we have been broadcasting into space for…
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Margaret Hamilton, Apollo software pioneer, dies aged 90
Image by courtesy MIT Museum. Margaret Hamilton at MIT in 1969, standing beside printed listings of the Apollo onboard flight software developed by the lunar module and command module teams she led. The British Interplanetary Society remembers Margaret Hamilton, whose leadership…
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Archibald Launches Matrix Space Pathfinder Report
Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald has launched a report that identifies how we might adopt and integrate satellite and space-based technologies into transforming public sector delivery. The ‘Northern Ireland Space Enabled Region Pathfinder’ report was commissioned by the…
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UK GOV SELECTS OPEN COSMOS AS APPROVED PROVIDER FOR £8bn SOVEREIGN COMMS FRAMEWORK
Open Cosmos’ selection as an approved supplier to the UK Government’s TacSys framework is a welcome illustration of the growing role British space companies can play in secure, resilient national infrastructure. The framework, valued at up to £8 billion and linked to forthcoming…
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Nancy Grace Roman: the Woman behind NASA’s Next Great Observatory
(image credit: NASA) As the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched today, 30 August 2026, it is worth recalling the remarkable scientist and NASA leader whose name it bears. Dr Nancy Grace Roman did not merely contribute to a single mission. She helped create the…
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Wiltshire School Children Take Second Place in International Rocketry Final
Representing the United Kingdom, Abbeyfield School in Chippenham, have come second at the International Youth Rocketry Champions. The school secured its place in the final after beating 126 schools in the UK Rocketry Challenge (UKROC). The competition, held at Farnborough…