Tag: Tim Peake
Tech Digest daily roundup: Rolls-Royce to invest in mini nuclear reactors
Artist's impression of Rolls-Royce mini nuclear reactor. Image: Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce will move ahead with a multibillion pound plan to roll out a new breed of mini nuclear reactors after securing more than £450m from the government and investors. The engineering firm will set up a venture focused on developing small modular…
Brits Top 20 Space Moments: Neil Armstrong tops list
The cosmic adventures of two Britons have been named among the greatest space moments of all time. A poll of 2,000 adults voted Helen Sharman becoming the first British astronaut in space and Tim Peake’s five-month stay on the International Space Station among the top 20 moments. Unsurprisingly, Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon,…
UK Space Agency launches scheme for young people
Young people’s chances of being able to engage with the UK space industry has been boosted by the announcement of a new scheme. The UK Space Agency has launched an initiative to help the sector deliver one million engagement activities a year. The sector generates billions of pounds for the economy and creates around 42,000…
Tim Peake: People will land on Mars within 50 years
Within 50 years a human will have been to Mars, astronaut Tim Peake believes. But the European Space Agency astronaut is not convinced the feat will be achieved in the next two decades. Speaking at the UK Space Conference in Newport, Major Peake said he thought it was unlikely life would be found on the…
Britons share memories of Apollo 11 moon landing in digital scrap book
Members of the public have shared their personal memories of the Apollo 11 moon landings, as the world marks 50 years since the remarkable feat. Britons have revealed touching stories, from a woman in labour who delayed going to hospital, to a man who proposed as they tuned into coverage of the landing. “At the…
Appeal for Apollo 11 moon landing memories to mark 50th anniversary
People across the UK are being urged to share their memories and photographs of the Apollo 11 moon landing on moonlandingmemories.com, ahead of the historic event’s 50th anniversary in July. The public are being asked to submit their personal accounts of the occasion, which saw Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first astronauts to…
Tim Peake’s Soyuz spacecraft ‘lands’ at Ulster Transport Museum
Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland. Picture Matt Mackey / Press Eye. The spacecraft which transported the UK’s first European Space Agency astronaut, Tim Peake, to and from the International Space Station (ISS) has landed at the Ulster Transport Museum. Presented by Samsung and the Science Museum Group, The National…
Airbus tests harpoon designed to capture debris orbiting Earth
A harpoon designed to spear through space junk and capture it has been tested in space for the first time. With between 16,000 and 20,000 pieces being tracked orbiting Eart, the RemoveDebris mission is hoping to address the issue of debris in space left over by past rockets and other deployments. Airbus carried out the…
UK Space Agency on the hunt for young entrepreneur space ideas
Image: Press Association Young people are being asked to come up with bright ideas on how data collected from space can be used to benefit the UK’s economy, health or the environment. Those aged between 11 and 22 are being offered expert advice and a share of a £50,000 fund…
Happy 20th Birthday International Space Station! See our video celebration below
The International Space Station is celebrating 20 years since being launched into orbit. On November 20 1998, Zarya was the first piece of the ISS, carried into space by a Russian Proton rocket. The station was unmanned until nearly two years later, when American astronaut William M (Bill) Shepherd along with Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev…
