Author: Joanne Wheeler

Spaceflight in the UK: Onward and Upward
The United Kingdom must regulate on a risk-aware, yet enabling, basis — allowing low cost launch capabilities, including space planes, to be the "steam locomotive" of the 21st century.
Finance
Spaceflight in the UK: Onward and Upward
Spaceflight in the UK: Onward and Upward
"As we prepare to leave the European Union and so redefine our place in the world, we must ensure that the decisions we take now put the U.K. in a position to build a strong, resilient, well balanced economy
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Spaceflight in the UK: Onward and Upward
Launching a UK Spaceport
For many years the United Kingdom has excelled in manufacturing small satellites and CubeSats. What the U.K. industry has been missing is a domestic launch capability to avoid the reliance and dependence on foreign suppliers for launching its spacecraft.
Government/Military
Launching a UK Spaceport
When is an Astronaut not an Astronaut?
Tim Peake has blasted off to the International Space Station (ISS). He will be the first British astronaut to travel to the station in 20 years, after six years of training. It is not the first time that a Briton has flown into space, but other British astronauts have either benefited from private funding or...
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When is an Astronaut not an Astronaut?