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The deadline to submit nominations for the Space Exploration Advisory Committee is tomorrow! 🚀
The SEAC is responsible for advising the Agency on matters relating to robotic and human space exploration programmes. 🪐
Nominate today 👉 gov.uk/government/publicatio…
The National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) has released the September 2026 report on the threats from space debris.🛰️
In September, there were:
➡️ 58 re-entries
➡️ 1,049 in-space collision warnings
➡️ 163 more registered objects in orbit.
Read more 👉 gov.uk/government/news/how-w…
The @SpaceFlorida-UK Space Agency Space Innovation Partnership funding call is open for applications. 🚀
We are seeking proposals for projects that will to boost UK-Florida space collaboration and accelerate cutting-edge space tech. 🛰️
Learn more 👉 gov.uk/government/publicatio…
Register for #GNOSIS26, a free virtual 24-hour event - sponsored by us - where space experts will discuss the global challenges and solutions for space sustainability. 🌍🛰️
📅 24 – 25 November
Book your place 👉 gnosisnetwork.org/gnosis26/
Protecting Our Planet Day is coming up!
Join schools across the UK for this free, live-streamed day of talks and activities showing how space science helps protect our planet. Organised by us, @ESERO_UK and @esa.
📅 19 Nov
⏰ 8:50am-5:00pm
Register 👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/protectin…
20 years ago today, NASA launched STEREO, changing our view of the Sun forever. The mission still delivers vital data for research and space weather forecasting. ☀️
@RAL_Space_STFC spoke to Prof Richard Harrison about the mission and his involvement.
👇 space.blog.gov.uk/2026/10/26…
#OnThisDay in 2006, @NASA's STEREO mission launched, giving us our first full view of the Sun and a new way to track solar storms. ☀️
The mission's data is still powering solar science and space weather forecasting today, with ongoing support from @RAL_Space_STFC, funded by us.
Read more about the UK's involvement in the mission 👉 ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/news/ste…
ICYMI: our Active Debris Removal Mission, led by @ClearSpaceToday will remove two defunct satellites from orbit. 🌍
Fancy naming the mission? Enter our competition and you could see your mission name on the spacecraft! 🛰️
Find out more 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2026/10/15…
Want to learn more about collaborating with @esa?
Register for our ESA 101 event in London, covering ESA’s industrial policy, current activity and programmes, and procurement.
📅 11 Nov
📍 3 Whitehall Place
⏰ 9:30am – 2:00pm
Book your free place 👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/esa-101-l…
Want to learn more about collaborating with @esa?
Our ESA 101 x UK Beyond Earth Network event is coming to Cardiff, covering ESA’s industrial policy, current activity and programmes, and procurement.
📅 10 Nov
⏰ 9:30am – 2:00pm
Book your free place 👇eventbrite.co.uk/e/esa-101-x…
The Space Sector Skills Survey 2026 is live! 🚀
Are you a UK space employer? Tell us about the workforce challenges you're facing and help build a clearer picture of skills gaps across the sector. 🛰️
Have your say today 👉 iffresearch.com/UKSA/X
Congratulations to @JAXA_en and all partners involved in the launch of #MMX. 🚀
We’re delighted that the UK is supporting this landmark mission through space science expertise.
Together, the UK and Japan are advancing our understanding of the origins of our Solar System. 🪐
[Press Release]
Completion of the Initial Critical Operations Phase of the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) Spacecraft
#JAXA
global.jaxa.jp/press/2026/10…
UK Space Agency retweeted
How can satellites and sensors make rail safer and more resilient?
Henny Sands from @spacegovuk explores predictive maintenance, real-time monitoring and the future of connected rail infrastructure.
Watch: youtu.be/D86gI6doca0
Listen: railtechnologymagazine.com/a…
#RailTech #Satellites #Innovation
The first UK Industry Day for in-space transportation and logistics (part of ISAM) took place on 21 September at ECSAT, Harwell.
Organised by ESA's FLPP programme and supported by the UK Space Agency.
Watch the event here 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=-WN5WkFT…
Call 3 for our International Bilateral Fund is open for applications.🌍
We are inviting proposals that will help strengthen the UK space sector’s partnerships with strategic and emerging space nations. 🚀🤝
Learn more and apply before 4 November 👉 gov.uk/government/publicatio…
.@OpenUniversity researchers have helped take images of the Earth and Moon as @ESA_JUICE makes its voyage to Jupiter. 🛰️
JUICE carries the JANUS camera, which uses UK-built @e2vteledyne detectors provided by the OU and funded by us. 📸
Read more 👉 open.ac.uk/blogs/news/scienc…
Happy launch anniversary to @BepiColombo, which began its mission to Mercury #OnThisDay in 2018. 🚀
The joint @ESA-@JAXA_en mission will increase our understanding of the planet's composition, structure and atmosphere. It will arrive at Mercury on 21 November. 🛰️
#BepiColombo was made possible by UK science and engineering, with instruments, spacecraft structures and propulsion designed and built here. 🛰️
Read more about the UK's involvement in the mission 👉 gov.uk/government/case-studi…
UK Space Agency retweeted
. @ESA_Euclid discovers its first comet ☄️
That's quite impressive for a #DarkUniverse detective 🕵️ meant to take deep, steady images of distant galaxies, not fast-moving tiny objects.
Discover more about the comet 👉 esa.int/Science_Exploration/…















