UK Space Agency
Welcome to the UK Space Agency website. The UK Space Agency is at the heart of UK
efforts to explore and benefit from space.
On 23 March, the new UK Space Agency was launched to replace the British National
Space Centre and to bring all UK civil space activities under one single management.
View regular updates on the
transition process.
Welcome! Today, we will investigate light and dark. There are many differences between day and night. How many can you spot?
Latest issue of space:uk out now (Issue 30)
CryoSat-2 was launched on Thursday 8 April 2010 at 14.57 GMT, on a Dnepr rocket (an intercontinental ballistic missile) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...