19 Mar, 2024 The LignoSat is fantastic - wooden't you agree? By Callum Cook Outer space is perhaps the harshest environment we - and by extension our technology - have ever encountered. If any structure is to...
29 Jan, 2024 Innovation will be key in Scotland reaching goal of 'Global Hub for Space' By Louise Mansion Towards the end of last year, an article was published by Payload, firmly and clearly setting out goals for the Scottish Space Industry...
18 Dec, 2023 Spaceport licence thrusts Scotland to the very forefront of the European space sector By Callum Cook The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has granted SaxaVord spaceport - located on the north coast of the Shetland Islands - a vertical...
15 Nov, 2023 Satellite launch company RFA UK receives £3.5 million for first launch from the Shetland Islands By Julian Asquith RFA UK plans to launch from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands in Q2 2024. SaxaVord Spaceport is located on the Lamba Ness...
14 Nov, 2023 Beam me down, Scotty By Mike Limb Beaming energy from orbit to Earth, to me, seems beyond futuristic. While I was at an event recently, someone mentioned that this...
19 Oct, 2023 Pulsar Fusion set to propel the UK space sector to new heights By Callum Cook The UK space sector continues to shine on the world stage, evidenced by the recent announcement that UK start-up Pulsar Fusion is on the...
24 Aug, 2023 Indian space stocks take off By Phil Merchant India recently celebrated a significant milestone in their space aspirations with a successful soft lunar landing as part of the...
09 Aug, 2023 NASA restores contact with Voyager 2 space probe By Julian Asquith It is remarkable to think that Voyager 2 was launched by NASA as long ago as 1977, 46 years ago. Despite having left our solar system 5...
16 Mar, 2023 Artemis spacesuit revealed By Phil Merchant The Artemis programme is in full swing. The new Space Launch System (SLS), launched in November 2022, carried the ESA-developed Orion...
27 Feb, 2023 UK Space Agency announces funding for Lunar technologies By Phil Merchant The United Kingdom has a history of strong performance in space exploration - after all, it was the United Kingdom that was the third...
10 Nov, 2022 One giant leap for the UK space industry By Callum Cook As a student at the University of Strathclyde, my group and I produced a general overview of suborbital rocket operations in the UK as...
17 Oct, 2022 Spaceport Cornwall takes another step closer to the UK's first space launch By Dominic O'Connor Great to see Cornwall, where I grew up, is a step closer to hosting the UK's first space launch, which is scheduled for early November...