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RAS National Astronomy Meeting St Andrews, 1-5 July 2013 – Call for Parallel Session Nominations

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From the Royal Astronomical Society: Dear Colleagues  RAS National Astronomy Meeting 2013 St Andrews, 1-5 July 2013 Call for Parallel Session Nominations We are writing on behalf of the Scientific Organising Committee of the RAS National Astronomy Meeting 2013.  As many of you may know NAM 2013 will be held in St Andrews, 1-5 July 2013, […]

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“Would you go on a one-way trip to Mars”?

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Taking a technology entrepreneurship course with Stanford University, I saw an example of what a professor gave to be an example of a bad business idea as  Providing flights to Mars. It however seems like Arno Wielders, co-founder of the Mars One Project, a company that plans to send people to Mars within a decade […]

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Sir Arthur Clarke Award Winners 2012 Announced

UKSEDS Committee with Jon Culshaw. Left to right: Jeremy Nickless (Treasurer), Zoe Versey (Events Officer), Jon Culshaw, Richard Painter (Projects Officer), Jane MacArthur (UK NPoC for SGAC), Ryan Laird (Secretary & UK NPoC for SGAC). Credit: Jerry Stone

On 26th October, UKSEDS Committee attended the prestigious Sir Arthur Clarke Awards. These national awards provide recognition for those who have worked for the advancement of space exploration. During their seven-year history, they have become known as the space equivalent of ‘The Oscars’. Each year nominations are made by the public and winners are chosen […]

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Space Generation Congress

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From 27th-29th September it was my great delight to attend the Space Generation Congress, held in Naples, Italy. SGC is proudly endorsed by the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs. I was delighted to be accepted as one of some top 130 students and young space professionals internationally from over 45 countries. I was […]

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Pan-STARRS Asteroid Search Campaign

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After a successful SGAC Asteroid Search Campaign, UKSEDS are delighted to announce our participation in the Pan-STARRS Asteroid Search Campaign from November 12th, the following lunar cycle. The campaign will continue until December 17th. Even if you are unable to analyse some of the image sets, that is not a problem. Do not let missing some […]

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The Results Are Out

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We are pleased to announce that everyone who took part in our vote to change the constitution and affiliate to The British Interplanetary Society (BIS) voted in favour. The new constitution is therefore now in force. We will be finalising the necessary paperwork with BIS over the next few weeks. Our thanks to everyone who […]

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‘Spin Your Thesis!’

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From ESA Education Office: The European Space Agency is proud to announce the fourth edition of the ‘Spin Your Thesis!’ programme. Through this programme, several teams of university students will be given the opportunity to carry out experiments in hypergravity using the Large Diameter Centrifuge facility at ESTEC in the Netherlands. ‘Spin Your Thesis!’ calls […]

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BIS Julie Payette Talk

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UKSEDS members visited the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) HQ in Central London on 02/08/12 to listen to a talk by Canadian Astronaut Julie Payette: “The Earth from Above: An Astronaut’s Perspective”. Julie has followed a glamorous career. Following a very successful academic background as a Canadian Engineer, she joined the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) in […]

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From Imagination to Reality

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Man has always had ‘imagination’, and with the bowl of the stars, the Sun and the Moon appearing to revolve above him, ideas for ‘travel to the Heavens’ were amongst the very earliest speculations. Consequently taking the British Interplanetary Society’s own motto, this special event, From Imagination to Reality, is going to look at how […]

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UKSEDS are now recruiting!

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Are you outgoing, creative and passionate about space? Then we’re looking for you to join our outreach team. We need you to inspire young people in the UK with challenging and fun experiences to create the future scientists and engineers that the UK space industry needs. Your role would be to attend events throughout the […]

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Sir Arthur Clarke Awards 2012

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Nominations are now open for the Sir Arthur Clarke Awards 2012. In recognition of notable or outstanding contributions made to all space activities, the Sir Arthur Clarke Awards have been presented annually since 2005.  In the past the Award Ceremony has been an integral part of the UK Space Conference, but as the Conference is […]

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