Representatives from Space Park Leicester will be on hand at the UK’s largest and most influential space industry event to provide a rare look at the pioneering technology behind two of their major scientific instruments earmarked to launch this spring.
Space scientists at the University of Leicester are marking the final year before the cutting-edge instrument they designed and built will arrive in orbit around the planet Mercury.
Award-winning scientist, broadcaster and author Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock discovered the incredible contributions being made to space exploration at Space Park Leicester during an exclusive tour of the iconic venue.
A spacecraft carrying an instrument designed and built by University of Leicester scientists has completed its final flyby of Mercury, in preparation for entering orbit ready for the start of its start of the science mission in 2026/7.
As a pioneer of technology used across the Solar System, Exosens – through its leading brand Photonis – has invested £1 million to advance space research and innovation facilities in collaboration with Space Park Leicester.
Space Park Leicester is excited to announce its participation in the 75th international event with participation in both the Industrial Exhibition and the science and technology sessions part of the broader technical conference.
An interplanetary spacecraft operations expert who played a pivotal role in one of the European Space Agency’s most ambitious planetary missions will speak at the UK’s largest planetarium in Leicester next month.
