The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) and the SGAC Near Earth Object (NEO) Project Group in collaboration with the Minor Planet Center (MPC) are excited to offer you the opportunity to name an asteroid! Entering is easy: Send them your entry in 50 words or fewer on what you would name an asteroid and why. Two competitions will Read more…
On Tuesday 10th – Thursday 12th September 2013, ex-committee members Damian Rumble and Maggie Lieu represented UKSEDS at The European Planetary Science Congress 2013 (EPSC 2013) held at UCL, London. The event spanned a whole week of space related talks – everything from planetary modelling to astrobiology, and saw appearances Read more…
Join our Outreach team!!! With the start of the new academic year, we have loads of Outreach events planned for our members in October 2013! Take a look our outreach webpage for past outreach and get involved in the following planned: An outreach event with the Knowledge Observatory at the Read more…
UKSEDS is looking for volunteers to act as mentors for school student teams taking part in the UK CanSat competition, run by ESERO-UK. A CanSat is a simulation of a real satellite, integrated within the volume and shape of a soft drink can. The challenge for the school students is Read more…
After the success of our outreach at the Cheltenham Science Festival, we organised another two sessions at the Big Bang Fairs in Coventry and Exeter. Big Bang West Midlands, in Coventry, was visited by over 4000 people proving a great opportunity for us to get involved with many space enthusiasts. Read more…
Over the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd of March a team of ICSEDS members joined other volunteers and professionals at the UK Space Design Competition (UKSDC) finals at Imperial College London. The UKSDC is a weekend residential competition open to all year 10 – 13 students in the UK. Read more…
UKSEDS will be compiling pictures of all the Yuri’s Night events from across the UK and publishing them on the UKSEDS website. If you participate in a Yuri’s Night event this year, please remember to take some photographs and send them to UKSEDS’ media team at: [email protected] UKSEDS looks forward to sharing your Yuri’s Night Read more…
On the 14th- 17th March, UKSEDS outreach volunteers helped to communicate science to the general public through our space activities. The Big Bang Fair is UK’s largest science festival. The event held at the London Excel Centre, drew audiences from around the UK and Europe with its many interactive activities, Read more…
This past weekend UKSEDS volunteers were found science busking in Oxford town centre’s Bonn square. The event as part of ‘Science in your world’, opened up OSF 2013 and drew the presence of companies such as SIEMENS, Medical ativan online research council, STFC and many more. The outreach team had Read more…
The IOP is looking for volunteers for their Physics in the Field events over the summer. Throughout summer 2013, the Institute’s physics in society team and local branches will be taking physics to festivals and events around the country, engaging thousands of families and young people with physics busking. Physics busking involves Read more…