Welcome to the case study section of the SPAN website. Our members have written case studies highlighting the successes and challenges of Space missions. The aim is to inspire, inform, or explain why Space missions are so valuable to our society.
PTOLEMY is an evolved gas analyser, which obtains accurate measurements of isotopic ratios of light elements. It was one of ten instruments on the Philea lander of the Rosetta Mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Authors: Piece adapted from STFC Food network post with review by Dr Geraint Morgan
Read PublicationA description of UK involvement in the ESA, NASA, and Italian Space Agency mission, highlighting some of the challenges, discoveries and successes. Author: Professor David Southwood CBE
Read PublicationThis case study outlines the benefits of UK involvement in the Solar Orbiter mission prior to launch. Author: Paul Eccleston
Read PublicationA Case Study of Satellite Quantum Key Distribution and Space Quantum Technologies
Read Publication20 January 2022
Starting on the 25th of January, this series focusses on Asia with monthly meeting. https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/science-museum-space-seminar-series
20 January 2022
An article outlining steps to strengthen UK academia in the space sector to be published in Astronomy and Geophysics https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article-abstract/63/1/1.35/6507483
20 January 2022
Submissions to the Science and Technology Committee's inquiry, UK space strategy and UK satellite infrastructure have been published UK space strategy and UK satellite infrastructure - Committees - UK Parliament