Rolls-Royce has halted a taxpayer-backed plan to put a mini nuclear reactor on the Moon. The engineering giant drew up plans to develop a lunar power source for the UK Space Agency and was handed £9m ...

As World War II drew to a close, the Allies were eager to get their hands on one of the most technologically amazing yet terrifying weapons in Nazi Germany’s armamentarium: the V-2 rocket. A ...

LONDON—The British government is folding the independent UK Space Agency into the department overseeing science and technology, while also detailing regulatory changes it says are aimed at energizing ...

The UK's August launch of Tyche, an electro-optical earth observation satellite built by Airbus’ Surrey Satellite Technology, is part of several so-called low-Earth-orbit operational concept ...

These are the author's own views and not that of any institution or organisation. The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has become part of the government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT ...

PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz., June 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IceMOS Technology Corporation today announced the UK Space Agency in partnership with ADS, awarded it a project to further develop a new breed ...

The UK’s new vertical launch spaceport at Saxa Vord poses risks to Icelandic airspace and territorial waters, potentially disrupting transatlantic flights and marine ecosystems. Exclusion zones for ...

While most people look at the big players like NASA or SpaceX, the UK has been carving out its own very specific and impressive niche in the space industry. It’s not just about sending people into ...

Britain is the only country ever to have developed a satellite-capable rocket only to junk it. Now Scots firm Skyrora are bringing Black Arrow out of retirement.

As the country’s space sector continues to reach higher levels, in particular with the UK Space Agency gaining funding in the summer to help transform the delivery of public services, a cluster of ...