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• Space School celebrates 30 years since launch

  Date: 24 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/25-space-school-30-years

  Space School UK is celebrating its 30th anniversary in July 2019, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landings.

• Leicester Professor to lead UK Space Science Strategy

  Date: 24 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/25-martin-barstow-uksa

  Professor Martin Barstow has been appointed as Chair of the UK Space Agency’s Science Programme Advisory Committee, leading the UK's approach to...

• Space Park Leicester receives £13.75 million meteoric boost from Government

  Date: 9 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/10-ukrpif-announcement-meteor-funding

  The University of Leicester is delighted to announce that its new Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology and Earth Observation Research Centre...

• Ground-breaking space technology receives real-life health application

  Date: 28 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/29-space-technology

  UK Space Agency awards Leicester team £2 million.

• Leicester’s cutting-edge research and innovation delights Minister

  Date: 8 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/08-research-and-innovation-minister-visit

  Minister Chris Skidmore MP was in Leicester today (Friday 8 March) at the start of British Science Week, visiting the University of Leicester to...

• ExoMars rover named after DNA pioneer

  Date: 11 Feb 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/11-exomars

  The European Space Agency has named its new ExoMars rover Rosalind Franklin, after the DNA pioneer, it has been announced.

• Government Minister discovers region’s cutting-edge research and innovation in space

  Date: 4 Jan 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/04-government-minister-discovers-space-research-innovation

  Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government visits Leicester to find out more about pioneering plans for Space Park Leicester.

• Space Park Leicester to benefit from new funding announcement

  Date: 3 Jan 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/03-space-park-funding

  Space Park Leicester will receive £50,000 funding and form part of the new and innovative East Midlands Manufacturing Zones

• New honorary professor appointed to Department of Physics and Astronomy

  Date: 6 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/06-dr-chris-mutlow-honorary-professor-physics-astronomy

  The University of Leicester’s Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Leicester Institute of Space and Earth Observation (LISEO) are pleased...

• ExoMars landing site revealed

  Date: 19 Nov 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/19-exomars-update

  The landing site for the ExoMars (Exobiology on Mars) mission to search for evidence of life on Mars was chosen earlier this month in a meeting...