As World War II drew to a close, the Allies were eager to get their hands on one of the most technologically amazing yet terrifying weapons in Nazi Germany’s armamentarium: the V-2 rocket. A ...
Aspirations of UK space launch will soon collide with the new geopolitical realities of global security, writes Susan Walton When I relocated to the UK from New York in 1984, the Cold War was at its ...
LONDON—The British government is folding the independent UK Space Agency into the department overseeing science and technology, while also detailing regulatory changes it says are aimed at energizing ...
These are the author's own views and not that of any institution or organisation. The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has become part of the government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Mandala Space Ventures, a Californian venture studio and incubator, announced July 8 the nine United Kingdom-based startups participating in its UK Space Agency-funded accelerator ...
The UK’s new vertical launch spaceport at Saxa Vord poses risks to Icelandic airspace and territorial waters, potentially disrupting transatlantic flights and marine ecosystems. Exclusion zones for ...
PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz., June 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IceMOS Technology Corporation today announced the UK Space Agency in partnership with ADS, awarded it a project to further develop a new breed ...
Britain is the only country ever to have developed a satellite-capable rocket only to junk it. Now Scots firm Skyrora are ...
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10 things the UK is doing in space

While most people look at the big players like NASA or SpaceX, the UK has been carving out its own […] ...
The UK Space Agency is investing £17m in 17 different space innovation projects as part of its National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP). The NSIP aims to support and accelerate innovation in the ...
Despite their overblown rhetoric and bluster, previous Conservative administrations did well to launch the UK’s National Space Strategy in 2021, then place it at the forefront of science and ...
As existing mobile and fixed broadband programmes to bring high-speed connectivity to hard-to-reach areas gain pace, the UK government is looking to the skies, in a scheme led by the UK Space Agency ...