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UKRA at the London Model Engineering Show - Alexandra Palace - This weekend! 22nd to 24th January 2010
Submitted by Mike Roberts on Wed, 20/01/2010 - 23:55.
UKRA will be at the London Model Engineering Show this weekend; Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Opening hours are 10 am to 5pm Friday and Saturday and 10am to 4pm Sunday.
If you would like to find out more about rocketry, get a chance to see some of our rockets and talk to some rocketeers about rocketry then this is a great opportunity.
UKRA S&T Chair talks about his work on the STERN motor
Submitted by Mike Roberts on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 11:43.The excellent SPACE.CO.UK site has a very interesting interview with UKRA's own chair of S&T, Richard Osborne, discussing his involvement with Reaction Engines development work on their STERN motor. This uses a novel ED (Expansion Deflection) nozzel which compenstaes for atmospheric pressure changes with altitude.
SpaceX Achieve Orbit with Falcon 1
Submitted by Mike Roberts on Mon, 29/09/2008 - 09:05.Internet millionaire Elon Musk has finally done it with the sucessful launch in to orbit of his Falcon 1 rocket this morning. It was the 4th attempt with the previous 3 having failed.
Congratulations to SpaceX it is an awesome achievement.
More news and videos in due course on the SpaceX website.
http://www.spacex.com/
UK Space Conference (Formarly BROHP) opens 2008 Registration.
Submitted by Cath Bashford on Sun, 27/01/2008 - 14:01.UK Space Conference (UKSC) 2008 will take place on 27-29th March at Charterhouse School near Godalming, Surrey. It aims to bring together the members of the UK space community to take part in lectures, panel discussions, networking opportunities, a careers fair as well as many other events. So if you are in academia, industry or government, if you are a student or educator, or if you are simply a space enthusiast, we look forward to seeing you there!
UKRA 2007 Advent Calendar - Now Live
Submitted by UKRA on Fri, 30/11/2007 - 09:35.
The UKRA 2007 Calendar is now live
Each day a new door will open with a treat, It could be a photo, a video or it could be a vendor offer. Come back each day and open the next door to see. Click on the calendar image or the link to take you to the UKRA 2007 Advent Calendar.
Nominations open for the Arthur C Clarke Awards.
Submitted by Cath Bashford on Fri, 23/11/2007 - 12:50.The Arthur C Clarke Awards provided recognition and paid tribute to those who have worked for the advancement of space exploration. Nominations are submitted by the public and the winners are voted for by representatives of the space industry, research institutions & universities, and space-related organisations.
The categories are:
Best Corporate/Team Achievement
Best Individual Achievement
Best TV/Radio Presentation
Best Written Presentation
Best Space Reporting
Achievement in Education
Inspiration Award
Outreach Award for the Public Promotion of Space
Space Entrepreneur
