by UKSEDS
on 26th July 2015
in Interviews, News
UKSEDS committee members Joseph and Daniel were lucky enough to be able to interview Jean-Jacques Dordain, the ESA Director General, after a talk he gave at the Royal Aeronautical Society in May. As we got set up, Joseph with the questions on his phone and Daniel with a printed copy, Dordain gave us his views […]
by UKSEDS
on 16th July 2015
in Branch Spotlight, News, Projects
On the 7th June 2015 EARS travelled to Cambridgeshire to launch a high altitude balloon (HAB). On this occasion our HAB was carrying a payload for a company called Databarracks and for the Surrey Space Center. Databarracks had requested that we fly a Microsoft Server 2003 DVD case to help them commemorate the end of […]
by UKSEDS
on 27th May 2015
in Conference, News
This Saturday, the finalists of the IAF student competition will be presenting their work at the BIS Headquarters in London (27-29 South Lambeth Road, SW8 1SZ). The event features three undergraduate and four postgraduate presentations, with fascinating topics ranging from real-time inter-satellite communications design through to understanding potentially hazardous asteroids to protect our planet! It promises […]
by UKSEDS
on 12th May 2015
in XRT
Over the past couple of months, there have been lots of exciting developments in the XRT-C project. We’ve been busy ordering components and planning foundation digging trips, and very nearly have all the pieces we need to put together a radio telescope. The first thing to arrive was the dish, ordered from RF Hamdesign in […]
by UKSEDS
on 10th May 2015
in Careers, Opportunities, Uncategorized
UKSEDS is looking for an Assistant Careers Officer to help source jobs and opportunities relevant to our membership to be advertised via LiftOff (Careers Newsletter) and our website. There could be the opportunity to liaise directly with relevant people in the space industry. You will need to have some awareness about relevant companies and organisations […]
by UKSEDS
on 10th May 2015
in Competition, Events
We would like to extend an invite from the British Interplantary Society to you to attend the final presentations of the eight students who entered the IAC competition. The event is taking place on the 30th of May at BIS HQ in Vauxhall, directions can be found here. There is no cost for this event. […]
by UKSEDS
on 7th May 2015
in Competition, Conference
The UK Space Conference this year will be from the 13th to the 15th of July in Liverpool – and you could win yourself a place! The UKSEA is running a video pitch competition, specifically for 18-25yr old young researchers and entrepreneurs, entitled ‘Enabling future long-duration space flight’. The top three submissions will each receive free registration to […]
by UKSEDS
on 4th May 2015
in Events
50 years after his death defying first spacewalk, Alexei Leonov is coming to London to speak at a reception hosted by Stamus and the British Interplanetary Society at the Imperial College, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Lecture Theatre G16, South Kensington, London at 6:30pm on Thursday 21st May 2015. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity […]
by UKSEDS
on 30th April 2015
in Careers, Interviews
Introducing our Careers Officer, Portia Bowman. We have prepared a short interview so you know who you are talking to when you email us for careers advice! She is a recent graduate working at Thales Alenia Space –Italia as an Engineer in the Architecture and Ergonomics Department of the Space Exploration and Science Domain. Portia […]
by UKSEDS
on 28th April 2015
in News, Projects
A team of space engineers are collaborating in an interesting study to find solutions for methods to explore the Centauri star system. The Centauri star system is 4.3 lightyears away from Earth, and the challenge lies in sending a spacecraft which has to travel through the interstellar medium, survive the long journey and then explore […]
by UKSEDS
on 16th April 2015
in News
Organised by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the annual International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is the world’s largest astronautics/space engineering conference. As part of each IAC, there is a student paper competition (the E2.1 Student Conference) with prizes for best papers/presentation. Papers may be on any subject related to space sciences, industry or technology and must […]