Clive Simpson – Journalist and Writer

Seeds from Isaac Newton's apple tree, which were blasted into space with British European astronaut Tim Peake, are now young trees and in need of a new home. The apple pips were taken to the International Space Station (IS... Read More

Thursday, 6 September 2018

Space Station leak probe

Investigations into an air leak in a Soyuz return spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS) have been stepped up as it was revealed this week that the hole was most likely a result of human error rather than ... Read More

Monday, 16 July 2018

UK’s rocket plans

Space companies Lockheed Martin and Orbex are investing in space launch operations and plan to bring innovative new technology to Britain, business secretary Greg Clark announced today (Monday 16 July) during the Farnborough ... Read More

Monday, 21 May 2018

RAF to combat ‘space threats’

The British government is to give RAF Air Command responsibility for command and control of UK military space operations to help defend the country's interests in space. In an announcement preceding the opening of the firs... Read More

Tuesday, 6 February 2018

Musk in pole position

From the same pad where NASA launched rockets that carried astronauts to the Moon and Space Shuttle crews into Earth orbit a big, new American rocket arced into space on Tuesday. But this time NASA was not involved. The rocke... Read More

Thursday, 18 January 2018

UK data centre moves to Spain

Post-Brexit security concerns means the UK is to lose the EU’s Galileo Security Monitoring Centre to Madrid, Spain. Spain was announced on today (Thursday) as the new host of a data centre that protects military informat... Read More

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