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The UK’s first National Microgravity Research Centre has been completed at Swansea University, marking the successful delivery of a £13 million project part-funded by the UK Space Agency.
UK Space Agency, MHRA, RIO and CAA set out support for in-orbit manufacturing of pharmaceuticals
Patients could benefit from more effective, higher quality and longer lasting medicines as the UK sets out a clearer route to bring drugs manufactured in space safely to market.
A bolder approach to space strategy will see £500 million allocated to national programmes to back high-growth technologies and help British companies scale and compete on the international stage.
British companies developing satellite communications technology are to receive £30 million in government funding, Space Minister Liz Lloyd announced today, as the UK looks to secure a larger share of a global market worth £…
This report was issued in February 2026 and covers the time period 1 January 2026 to 31 January 2026 inclusive.
The UK Space Agency is launching Skills for Space, a new internship programme offering 50 paid placements across the UK space sector to give young people hands-on experience and industry exposure.
Life-saving medicines, optical fibres and semiconductors could be made in space to benefit people and businesses across the UK.
A new laboratory that will help UK companies develop and test the engines powering the next generation of satellites has opened at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.
Dr Paul Bate will be stepping down as Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency at the end of March 2026.
A new facility designed to help small businesses thrive in the UK space sector has opened at Airbus Defence and Space’s Stevenage site, backed by £3.9 million from the UK Space Agency.
This report was issued in January 2026 and covers the time period 1 December 2025 to 31 December 2025 inclusive.
A new £20 million space innovation hub has officially opened in Buckinghamshire, supported by UK Space Agency funding, providing cutting-edge facilities to help space businesses grow and creating up to 300 jobs.
UK involvement in the SMILE (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) mission.
A new batch of 23 projects will strengthen international space partnerships, develop national capabilities and boost economic growth, the UK Space Agency announced today.
This report was issued in December 2025 and covers the time period 1 November 2025 to 30 November 2025 inclusive.
Case studies of projects delivered through UK involvement in the European Space Agency's General Space Technology Programme (GSTP) from 2019–2025
Eighteen space businesses across the UK will receive funding and support from their local space cluster to accelerate their commercial growth, as part of a pilot initiative designed to strengthen the UK's space sector su…
The UK Space Agency has announced £17 million for seventeen UK space projects through its National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP), unveiled today at Space Comm Expo in Glasgow.
Scotland’s space sector will receive a major funding boost to accelerate breakthrough technologies and boost commercialisation, the UK Space Agency will announce today at Space-Comm Expo Scotland.
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