Space Park Leicester recently hosted a Government science Minister for a tour and showcase of its cutting-edge facilities and out-of-this-world achievements.
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.
The new launch date for a satellite that carries a University of Leicester-built instrument to study the ‘magnetic shield’ that protects us from our Sun’s radiation is only a week away.
Imaging the Invisible: Leicester engineer at the forefront of SMILE’s mission to decode space weather
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.
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.
The University of Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy welcomed senior staff from the UK Space Agency and Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) for a visit that explored the past, present and future of space research at the University.
A cutting-edge telescope developed by experts at the University of Leicester for the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission will launch next Spring following the successful completion of a 10-month Assembly Integration and Testing phase. The research group ENGRAVE has solved a mystery that
Experts from Space Park Leicester will reveal what it is like to fly around the Earth’s magnetic field at an exclusive evening of science, comedy, arts and discovery in London next month.
Space Park Leicester’s ground-breaking work on the Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission will be featured in ESA’s new video series, with the first episode premiering this week.
