News
Blue Peter Rocket!
Submitted by UKRA on Wed, 18/06/2008 - 13:25.
Just in case anyone is not a regular viewer; Blue Peter are tonight launching their rocket! 4.35pm on BBC1 and presumably on the BBC's iPlayer for those having to work beyond the normal CBBC hours of operation 
Aircraft Holding Stack over EARS
Submitted by Stephen Randall on Sat, 31/05/2008 - 15:29.Aircraft Holding Stack over EARS
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As some of you may know there's a proposal to introduce an aircraft holding stack over the EARS site. The proposal is part of public consultation being conducted by NATS (National Air Traffic Services). The proposed stack has the potential to significantly limit the altitude of flights from the site - so EARS and UKRA are in negotiations with NATS into ways that higher flights can continue.
UKAYRoC 2008 winners
Submitted by Cath Bashford on Sat, 29/03/2008 - 09:58.
Due to very wet and windy weather the 2008 UKAYRoC fly-offs had to move to their wet weather programme. The teams each had to do a 5 minute presentation on their path to the fly-offs and the judging from this along with their qualifying flight was used to determine the 2008 winners. The winning teams were:
UKAYRoC 2008 Finalists
Submitted by Cath Bashford on Thu, 28/02/2008 - 17:52.
On Thursday 28th February the finalists of UKAYRoC were announced.
UKRA would like to congratulate all the teams who took part in the challenge and wish luck to the 20 teams who have go through to the fly-off which will be held on Friday 28th March at the UK Space conference.
The team who are through to the fly-offs are:
Website Issues
Submitted by Richard Parkin on Thu, 06/12/2007 - 13:08.Some users may have noticed the site was down yesterday until early this morning; this was caused, we are told, by elves stealing the electricity in our dedicated Data Centre to power their toy production lines. UKRA storm troopers were dispatched to re-take the electrics and are now guarding the electricity delivery trucks against further thefts.
Thank you for your patience.
UKAYROC 2008 Opens for Team Registration
Submitted by Phil Charlesworth on Tue, 04/09/2007 - 19:57.
UKAYROC 2008 opened for team registration on Monday 3rd September 2007.
This year UKAYROC will be accepting the first 80 teams to register. 30 teams have already expressed an interest so register now to avoid disappointment. Registration closes on 30th November 2007.
The best 20 teams will go to the fly-off at Charterhouse School next Easter, and the winners will be attending the TARC fly-off in Washington DC.
