4th March, 1923 – 9th December, 2012 We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Sir Patrick Moore whose broadcasts and hospitality we very much enjoyed. UKSEDS offers its sincerest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. Sir Patrick will be sorely missed by astronomers and space scientists in the UK and around […]
Scholarship Opportunity to attend the IAASS Conference “Safety is not an Option”
International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) and Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) are teaming up to organise the 2012/2013 Space Safety Competition. The awardees of the scholarship will be supported to participate into the next IAASS conference “Safety is not an Option” that will be held from 21st – 23rd May, 2013 in […]
UK Space Science Heritage Project Consultation
Thank you to our all our delegates for their interest in the UK Space Science Heritage Project during the UKSEDS workshop. It was interesting to hear from a number of members of the audience what you thought. It is really important that for us to move forward on this that we get YOUR feedback/opinions on the project and whether […]
Welcome to our new officers!
Let us give all please give huge welcome to our new officers! Anisa Qureshi (Membership Officer) James Sadler (Industry Officer) Anisa and James were voted in at our emergency election process at our November space workshop. Anisa is currently on a gap year, worked at Mayfair search, a search executive firm as a researcher. She […]
Welcome to our new branches!
UKSEDS Committee would like to say a huge welcome to our new branches. We welcome you to this opportunity to be part of our vast network of now nearly 30 branches up and down the country, over 1000 members and an extensive space community within this. We welcome aboard… Bath PhySoc, Exeter PhySoc, Edinburgh AstroSoc, Universities of Liverpool AstroSoc, Nottingham […]
DARE Stratos II Sounding Rocket: UKSEDS Payload Opportunity
UKSEDS have been corresponding with our international colleagues and have had recent contact with a Dutch group called DARE. Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering (DARE) are a student organisation linked to the TU Delft in the Netherlands that has existed for a little over ten years now. They design, develop, build and launch their own rockets […]
UKSEDS National Student Space Conference & 25th Anniversary
The next UKSEDS National Student Space Conference will be held on the weekend of 23-24th February 2013 at the University of Bristol School of Physics. The conference will bring together students, academics, and professionals from across the country to share knowledge of space, discuss the challenges facing the sector, and to create new links between […]