Astro Blog articles for spacecraft
A Small Satellite with Big Plans: TechDemoSat-1
Posted: 13 Jun 2014
It's been a while since we had a blog post about space instrumentation, so here's first-year DPhil student Peter Hatfield to tell you all about TechDemoSat-1:
"A thrilling moment for the UK space industry is fast approaching. The launch of the satellite TechDemoSat-1, which recently had its launch date announced as July 8th, is now only a few weeks away!
Exploring the Frontier
Posted: 06 Aug 2012
Whilst we go about our busy lives, a host of unmanned space probes are investigating other worlds. Oxford astronomer Joseph Caruana takes a look at some of the spacecraft currently exploring our Solar System.
Homo Sapiens has always been on the move, from the time our species migrated out of Africa more than 50,000 years ago, to later times when seas were traversed, oceans mastered and new continents discovered.
