Lord Provost, Frank Ross has paid tribute to Skyrora as one of the leading lights of the city’s business world during a visit to space firm’s offices.
He visited the Princes Street offices of the rocket developer to meet its team and learn more about its future launch plans. Continue reading The sky’s the limit for City space firm
AN EDINBURGH space company is travelling over 380 miles to teach a six-year-old girl about its work – after learning of her love for them through social media. Continue reading Space Firm Inspires Youth to Become the Next Generation of Engineers
STAFF at a Scottish space company are helping to inspire the next generation of talented engineers and technicians by sharing knowledge with school children across the country. Continue reading Rocket experts help to inspire next generation of talent
The UK Space Agency has selected the first vertical launch site in Sutherland on the north coast of Scotland and is making available a new £2 million fund to boost horizontal spaceport development across Britain, Business Secretary Greg Clark will announce today. Continue reading ONE GIANT LEAP: a Spaceport for Scotland
Space Industry Act ‘to unlock billions for the UK economy’
The government’s plans to add billions of pounds to the UK economy and create hundreds of high-skilled jobs by unlocking opportunities in the new space age were outlined by the Science Minister Sam Gyimah on Thursday. Continue reading Fly me to the moon: projects for the space age
After two decades in space, the remarkable journey of the Cassini spacecraft comes to a dramatic end this afternoon. Having used almost every bit of fuel it carried to Saturn, operators are plunging Cassini into the planet to ensure Saturn’s moons will remain pristine for future exploration. Continue reading Cassini: twenty year space odyssey ends today
