News

Stay up to date with what’s happening across SPAN and the wider UK space research community. Here you’ll find the latest updates, Working Group activities, events, opportunities and highlights from across the network.

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09 August 2021

SPAN’s Membership Grows

With the universities of Liverpool John Moores and Bradford, the number represented in SPAN reaches 40 with 8 national centres or research institutes also represented.

13 April 2021

UK Space Science: a summary of the research community and its benefits

A new report has been published on SPAN’s website. Have a look at our Publications page.

03 March 2021

Time to change our relationship with space?

Chris Lee discusses future aspirations for space exploration. Take a look at Time to change our relationship with space

08 December 2020

Major funding successes for innovative UK Space Scientists

21 UK organisations have been awarded a share of over £7 million funding from the UK Space Agency to put UK at the forefront of advances in space innovation. 13 of these are either led or supported by UK space scientists. The cash injection is going to high-risk, high-reward projects proposed by universities, research organisations […]

24 September 2020

National Space Innovation Programme – International

A webinar is being organised on Tuesday the 29th of September to engage with the scientific community. To register please follow the link.

22 July 2020

National Space Innovation Programme

The call for proposals is open and accessible on the gov.uk website. Expressions of interest must be made by the 17th of August and the deadline for proposals is the 2nd of September. Link