News

We aim to update our news with funding opportunities, SPAN activities and those of our members.

07 October 2024

SPAN Whitepaper: Academic View on the Future of Space Policy and Funding

The Whitepaper, now available from SPAN, covers and I hope reflects academic views on funding gap implications, membership of ESA, need for a strong national and bilateral programmes along with comments on links to industry and some general points.

01 October 2024

Space Science in Context Conference

Space Science in Context (17–18 October, 2024) is returning for its third year! SSiC is a FREE, cross-disciplinary conference on outer space and society...

12 September 2024

SPAN joins Australia House for Roundtable

SPAN were invited to a roundtable discussion hosted by Deputy High Commissioner Elizabeth Bowes PSM at Australia House. The event welcomed Professor Christopher Lawrence and Lieutenant General Larry James, from Monash University, as well as representatives from the UK Space Agency and Australia House. The discussion focused on how Australia’s National Indigenous Space Academy (NISA) […]

06 September 2024

Highlights from ELGRA Symposium 2024

The SPAN team were delighted to be partnering at the 28th Biennial ELGRA 2024 Conference, which took taking place from the 3-6 September  in Liverpool, UK.

05 September 2024

The Global Exploration Roadmap 2024: a vision for Space Exploration 

The Global Exploration Roadmap has been updated by the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG).

28 August 2024

August News

Discover what's happening across the Space Academic Network in our August updates...