Interplanetary mission with Leicester-built tech begins Mercury arrival phase
Texts and games that show how children were taught about astronomy in the 18th and 19th centuries will be explored during a free talk at Space Park Leicester.
Texts and games that show how children were taught about astronomy in the 18th and 19th centuries will be explored during a free talk at Space Park Leicester.
UK scientists have been testing cutting edge equipment for the astronaut ‘away teams’ of the future.
Space Park Leicester calls on ambitious innovators to seize European Space Agency business opportunity
Space Park Leicester scientists and partners are at the heart of a pioneering mission, launched into orbit today, that will transform our understanding of how Earth is protected from the Sun.
A significant milestone has been passed in the development of a new radioisotope power technology to support future space missions.
Imaging the Invisible: Leicester engineer at the forefront of SMILE’s mission to decode space weather
In a landmark achievement for international space exploration, Perpetual Atomics, QSA Global, Inc. and the University of Leicester have completed the first historical production of an Americium-fuelled Radioisotope Heater Unit (RHU) full scale core containing ceramic form americium-241 pellets in a metal containment structure.
An algorithm to classify asteroids from satellite data could help reveal the story of the formation of our solar system.
Space scientists at the University of Leicester are eagerly awaiting the launch of a new satellite that promises to reveal the inner workings of the Earth’s ‘magnetic shield’ that protects us from our Sun’s radiation.
Spanish and British engineering teams have successfully concluded the first end-to-end testing of a hybrid power architecture that harnesses both nuclear and solar power for space missions.