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UK finalists awarded funding through the joint UK-Canada £1.2 million Aqualunar Challenge to develop new lunar water purifying technologies.
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Plans unveiled for stronger European Space Agency presence in UK and space skills training
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A plan to build on the success of the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT), which employs more than 100 people in Harwell, has been launched today by the UK and European space agencies.
![From left to right: Dr Paul Bate, Josef Aschbacher, Laurent Jaffart and David Parker. Credit: UK Space Agency / Max Alexander](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/669fbcd4ab418ab055592b6e/s465_ECSAT_GOV.jpg)
£33 million boost for national space programme
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More than 20 national space projects have been announced today by DSIT Secretary of State Peter Kyle, on the opening day of the Farnborough International Airshow.
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A ‘treasure trove’ of data, including papers authored by UK scientists, has been released from the Euclid space telescope, alongside the largest images of the Universe ever taken from space.
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Space Minister Andrew Griffith was in Brussels today (22 May 2024), where he witnessed the signing of a major industrial contract that will see Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage building Europe’s flagship space weather mission, Vigil.
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New regulatory review for space sector has been published, and Science and Defence Ministers launch National Space Operations Centre.
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