‘Space Bridge’ across the world will help UK and Australia get ahead in global space race

The UK and Australia have signed a new ‘Space Bridge’ partnership to increase knowledge exchange and investment across the two countries’ space sectors. 

From: UK Space Agency and Department for International Trade

The world’s first Space Bridge will unlock improved access to trade, investment and academic research opportunities, better advice to businesses and innovative bilateral collaborations. The UK and Australia share future ambitions for space and have similar plans to increase the size and job creation potential of the sector. This agreement will further develop the longstanding relationship between the two countries which dates back to the 1970s when the Prospero satellite built in Farnborough, UK, launched from Woomera, South Australia.

The arrangement enhances cooperation

Dstl exchange officer inducted into United States Space Force

Captain Jake Singleton, a US exchange officer with Dstl, has helped deepen international collaboration to find, fund and fast-track space innovation and technology

From:

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and Defence and Security Accelerator

The US exchange officer with Dstl took the Oath of Office in a virtual ceremony attended by UK and US officials, family and friends

Captain Jake Singteton, a United States Air Force officer on secondment with the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), has been inducted into the United States Space Force (USSF).

Captain Singleton attested his Oath of Office in

The sky is not the limit: could you be the UK’s next astronaut?

Are you calm under pressure, fit and healthy, and looking for a new career? ESA is on the lookout for new astronauts to join its cohort of space explorers.

From:

UK Space Agency and Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland

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 3-week 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