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20 Feb 2012
10 years old may be too young for Patrick Galvin to go into space himself but the UK Galileo satellite named after him will be launched into orbit within a few years. The award ceremony announcing Patrick as the winner of the Europe-wide drawing competition was held the morning of the 17 February at the European Commission in London.
16 Feb 2012
Twenty-two innovative British companies are to share £2.5 million of government support for the design and development cutting-edge space products and technologies.
13 Feb 2012
Intermediate results from ESA’s microwave observatory Planck have included this all-sky map of carbon monoxide, indicating cold gas clouds, along the edge-on disc of our Galaxy, seen across the middle.
13 Feb 2012
The European Space Agency’s Planck mission has unveiled more surprises about our own Galaxy, bringing scientists closer to being able to understand the structure of the Universe. The new results are being presented this week at an international conference in Bologna, Italy. The results include previously unknown clouds of cold gas, and a mysterious haze of microwave emission near the centre of the Galaxy.
8 Feb 2012
Following the success of the 2011 conference, the UK Space Agency is pleased to announce a second UK Space Conference to be held during the summer of 2013.
7 Feb 2012
Russia’s partnership with the UK: a new focus on growing high technology companies in Russia.
7 Feb 2012
The UK Space Agency has opened the competition for future space research and development as part of the National Space Technology Programme (NSTP). The Pathfinder Open Call for proposals will target speculative and innovative space technology projects which could bring benefit in the medium to long term.
6 Feb 2012
In a break from its usual task of searching for distant cosmic explosions, the Swift satellite acquired the highest-resolution view of a neighbouring spiral galaxy ever attained in the ultraviolet.
2 Feb 2012
Guildford-based Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) will play a key role in a £200 million plus contract for the next phase of the EU's Galileo satellite navigation project. Galileo is firmly on track for the provision of improved satellite navigation services to the public in 2014.
30 Jan 2012
A masterpiece of deep time and wrenching gravity, the tortured surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus and its fascinating ongoing geologic activity tell the story of the ancient and present struggles of one tiny world.
