What’s Happening in Space in 2024
- 28th Dec 2023
- Author: Alex Thompson
Are you ready for arguably the biggest year for space in over fifty years?
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ESA Beagle 2 - 20 years later
- 6th Dec 2023
- Author: Ed Kellond-Turner
20 years ago, Beagle 2 (a feat of British engineering) journeyed to Mars but didn’t phone home to say it landed. What happened to Beagle 2?
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NASA Space Highlights 2023
- 6th Dec 2023
- Author: Alex Thompson
2023 was a Lucy-JUICEy kind of year for space, let’s look back at some of the highlights!
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Henrik Melin Space Careers: Henrik Melin
- 23rd Aug 2023
- Author: Dhara Patel
We caught up with Dr Henrik Melin from the University of Leicester to find out how he became and what he does as a planetary scientist.
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National Space Centre What Makes Leicester the Place for Space?
- 3rd Mar 2020
- Author: Alex Evans
A highlight reel of Leicester’s role in the continuing exploration of the universe.
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National Space Centre Blue Streak – Success, Failure and … Extraterrestrials?
- 24th May 2017
- Author: Hannah Baker
The story behind one of our most iconic artefacts and its connection to the infamous ‘Solway Spaceman’.
