We aim to update our news with funding opportunities, SPAN activities and those of our members.
25 September 2019
SWIMMR (Space Weather Instrumentation, Measurement, Modelling and Risk) is a £20 million, four-year programme that will look to improve the UK’s capabilities for space weather monitoring and prediction. Link to the news on RAL Space’s website
25 September 2019
UK space scientists are working alongside NASA to build a four-spacecraft mission aimed at revolutionising our understanding of the Sun’s atmosphere and how it affects the rest of our solar system. Link to the news article on RAL Space’s website
18 September 2019
The Comet Interceptor space mission led by UCL has been selected as the first €150M mission for the European Space Agency’s new fast-class mission in its Cosmic Vision Programme, intended to launch in 2028 with the UCL-led ARIEL mission. Comet Interceptor: ESA selects new mission to an ancient world
17 September 2019
Numbers starting the Astronautics and Space Engineering Masters have risen again. There are now 90 – 100 new students in the new intake, and it is the biggest course in Cranfield, growing year on year with 70-80% of the students coming from overseas. https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/courses/taught/astronautics-and-space-engineering
17 September 2019
The Open University (OU) got £6.7 million to expand its Astrobiology Research Group to study life beyond Earth. Find out more about this important grant
