Meet Robotic-Explorer: R-Ex
- 12th Jun 2026
- Author: Chloe Hopkinson
We’re sending R-Ex on a top-secret mission to venture into the unknown to discover other worlds and search for signs of ancient life!
Space NOW Blog
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Planet Parade
- 30th Mar 2026
- Author: Team Discovery and Leigh Fletcher (Professor of Planetary Science, University of Leicester)
Find out how the University of Leicester have been involved in planetary missions for decades and explore our Solar System's planets this spring with the Planet Parade in Leicester.
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National Space Centre Top 10 Tim Triumphs
- 27th Nov 2025
- Author: Chloe Hopkinson
Explore just 10 of the top triumphs achieved by British astronaut, Tim Peake!
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Space NOW! Podcast
- 25th Nov 2025
- Author: Paul Millington
Space NOW! The space news podcast from the National Space Centre that goes beyond the headlines.
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC British Space Shenanigans
- 12th Sep 2025
- Author: Ed Kellond-Turner
When you think about space, you probably think of NASA. What about the UK? What space-related shenanigans have we been up to since the dawn of the space age?
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public domain International Collaborations in Space
- 23rd Jul 2025
- Author: Ed Kellond-Turner
Every space enthusiast worth their stellar nebula has heard of the Space Race, where the USA and USSR battled it out to beat the opposing superpower to the arbitrary finish line of landing humans on the Moon. But what about the top collaborations in space? Read on to find out more.
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NASA / JSC / Public Domain My Top 5 Mission Patches of All Time
- 19th Jun 2025
- Author: Chloe Hopkinson
Explore my top 5 mission patches of all time!
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Public domain Biomass: Weighing Carbon Stored in Forests
- 1st Apr 2025
- Author: Sean Sweeney
Discover how ESA's Biomass mission will revolutionise our understanding of the Earth’s forests and their role in combating climate change.
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NASA How the UK helped America Go to the Moon
- 9th Dec 2024
- Author: John Statham
America may have landed astronauts on the Moon but it took people around the world to make it happen and UK citizens played a role in that.
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Pavel Danilyuk (public domain) Who owns space?
- 9th Oct 2024
- Author: Jasneet Kaur
What are the rules when exploring and operating in space and who decides what they are?
