The 2nd IAA Conference on University Satellites Missions and Cubesat Winter Workshop is to be held in Roma (Italy), from 3rd-9th February 2013 , under the main sponsorship of IAA, GAUSS Srl, ESA, ASI, Italian Air Force, Sapienza University of Roma, Morehead State University (Kentucky), Von Karman Institute, FILAS, BCC Roma. The Conference has Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
UKSEDS are pleased to announce the return of our annual workshop – this year to be held on the 17th and 18th November and kindly hosted by Kingston University. Now in its third year, the workshop offers UKSEDS members something different from from your regular conference, with the emphasis of Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
Monday 20th to Monday 27th August IRW is 8 days of rocket building and flying for rocketeers and enthusiasts of all ages and abilities taking place just outside Glasgow. There’ll be rocket workshops, talk and events, and plenty of fun. Entry for the whole week is £26 for flyers and Read more…
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, Read more…
A group of amateur yet dedicated space fans are attempting to bring the successful unconference tradition of SpaceUp to Europe in September this year. It will be held during the weekend of 22 & 23 September 2012 at the Cosmodrome in Genk, Belgium. If you are less familiar with SpaceUp or unconferences Read more…