The Galactic Unite Scholarship at the University of Leicester
Undergraduate Physics majors pursuing Space Science or Astrophysics can now apply to the Galactic Unite Scholarship at the University of Leicester. The program will award individual scholarships from the £10,000 endowment to selected scholars, and will include one-on-one mentoring opportunities with a Virgin Galactic Future Astronaut or Spacefarer, or a member of the Virgin Galactic […]
Libby Jackson on 20 Years of ISS – National Space Centre Q&A
Join the National Space Centre for a Facebook live Q&A with Libby Jackson, from the UK Space Agency, on 4 November at 19:00. It’s all to mark 20 years of astronauts living on board the International Space Station and might be a good opportunity for people to ask about careers in the space industry and/or the […]
Successful Verification of the First Lobster X-ray Mirror Assembly for SVOM
Julian Osborne highlights the recent success of the team in the Space Research Centre that is making the flight X-ray optic for the Chinese-French satellite SVOM. The SVOM satellite will extend the work done by the Swift mission in characterising the enormous energies of the gamma-ray bursts, crucially extending measurements down to lower energies where […]
Introducing SKYLARK
The SKYLARK rocket dominates our newly-revamped foyer in the School of Physics and Astronomy. This blog post provides some of the history of Leicester’s involvement in the SKYLARK project. The involvement of the School of Physics and Astronomy in major space missions began with work developing instruments for Sounding Rocket flights. Starting in 1961, the […]
Leicester Launches Space Engineering Technician Apprenticeship
The University of Leicester is supporting the future of the UK’s space industry after helping to develop the standard for a new Space Engineering Technician apprenticeship – the very first of its kind to receive Government approval. Providing an important new route for school leavers and others to secure jobs in the sector, the new […]
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