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Wednesday 17th March Jai Dialani, Leaf Space, Washington DC “Satellite Ground Systems of the Future - Technology Trends and Innovation”
Wednesday 31st March Dr James Carpenter (Exploration Science and Research Coordinator for the European Space Agency's Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration). “The Once and Future Moon”
Wednesday 7th April James Blake (PhD Student at the University of Warwick): “The Sticky Issue of Space Debris”
Wednesday 21st April Dr Leigh Fletcher (University of Leicester) “The European Space Agency’s JUICE Mission to Jupiter’s Icy Moons”
Wednesday 5th May Dr Hannah Sargeant FRAS (Open University): “Mining the Moon”
Wednesday 26th May Robin Hague (Head of Launch, Skyrora): “From Scotland to Space”
Wednesday 2nd June Stephen Eisele (Vice President, Virgin Orbit, California. USA)
Wednesday 23rd June Ben Evans (Author): “An Experimental Flying Machine“
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For the first time since 2008, The European Space Agency (ESA) is on the lookout for new astronauts, and UK citizens of any walk of life are invited to apply. Following an intensive period of training, which will include a 3week course in caving and a course in practical geology, the new astronauts will take their first flights into space when they are deployed to the International Space Station. They are likely to be part of the crew on the next missions to the Moon in the late 2020s and through the 2030s. ESA is also issuing a special call for candidates with physical disabilities to apply to its astronaut reserve. The pilot project aims to open the astronaut career path to people who, until now, have been excluded from space flight. Those with a lower limb deficiency or who are considered to be of short stature and meet other recruitment criteria are invited to apply. ESA will invest in the necessary adaptations of space hardware to enable these otherwise excellently qualified professionals to serve as crew members on a safe space mission.
to be selected through this recruitment drive and encourages all eligible applicants to apply. Experience of the space sector is not essential, but candidates will need a master’s degree (or higher) in Natural Sciences, Medicine, Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Sciences or be qualified as an experimental test pilot. Fluency in English is essential along with other requirements. The right person for the job will also be calm under pressure and be willing to participate in life science experiments - past experiments have included studying the effects of microgravity on human bone and tissue. Prospective applicants should visit the European Space Agency’s Careers website at the link below and click on ESA Astronaut Selection.
The UK Space Agency expects the next professional UK astronaut
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European Space Agency: https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Careers_at_ESA UK Space Agency: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-spaceagency
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Norfolk Company Blasting into the New Space Race
Intuitive Machines Completes Houston’s Newest Mission Control Center Control Centers, Troy LeBlanc Ph.D. “This nerve centre is the foundation of our lunar payload delivery service program and building it in Space City means the world to us.” “We have staff with decades of experience operating NASA mission control centres before they came to Intuitive Machines, and we brought the best of that into Nova Control,” said Intuitive Machines Vice President of Page 4
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The Month of Mars By Nicholas Booth
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Astronomy and Space Philately By Katrin Raynor-Evans FRAS. FRGS
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Voyage to Fra Mauro: Remembering Apollo 14, 50 Years On By Ben Evans
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