space

Around £10m of funding will initially support projects focusing on either earth observation technologies or communications projects

Observations from the new satellite are expected to enhance the understanding of the water cycle and better define the impacts of climate change

Access to space is a vital tool for global efforts to tackle climate change

Space weather, such as flares or winds from the Sun’s surface or geomagnetic storms, can damage British satellites and cause power disruptions

UK Science and Innovation Minister Chris Skidmore signed the agreement with Portuguese Science Minister Manuel Heito to become a full member of the Atlantic International Research Centre

A patient-centred app will use space data combined with AI to deliver personalised, disease-specific exercise advice with pollution warnings within 10 metres

Cross-sector collaboration at a UK technology hub is paving the way for innovation

Mars One CEO Bas Lansdorp thinks it will help people appreciate Earth more and introduce useful new technologies

The UK has announced it will help developing countries tackle disaster relief, waste management and disease control using space expertise and technologies. One such project is the UK Space Agency’s International Partnership Programme, which plans to use remote sensing data to minimise the risk of tailings dams failures in Peru. Tailing dams are banks of […]

The UK Space Agency is providing £38 million in funding to use satellite technology to help deliver innovative solutions to global issues. It has announced grants for 10 projects, worth £38 million in total, which include work into climate change mitigation, forestry, carbon emissions reduction and disaster management. Leatherhead-based technology firm CGI received £2 million […]