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Mercury mission carrying Leicester instrument starts final year of its long journey
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/mercury-bepi-mission-leicester-instrument-final-journey
Space scientists at the University of Leicester are marking the final year before the cutting-edge instrument they designed and built will arrive...
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Colourful craters and insights into Mercury’s mysterious surface showcased by Leicester scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/18-bepicolombo-mission-at-new-scientist
University of Leicester researchers involved in upcoming BepiColombo mission to Mercury will be presenting at New Scientist Live 2018.
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Space Park Leicester launches exciting space mission programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/space-park-leicester-launches-space-mission-programme
‘The Executive Guide to Space’ launched as part of Space Park Leicester’s wider CPD Space Missions programme
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European Space Agency guest to deliver George Fraser Memorial Lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/elsa-montagnon-lecture
The European Space Agency's Elsa Montagnon will speak on 'Operating Spacecraft: A Career Operating ESA’s Fleet Throughout the Solar System' for...
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Award-winning TV space scientist explores Space Park Leicester’s latest innovations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/tv-space-scientist-maggie-space-park-leicester-innovations
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Chancellor of the University of Leicester, recently had an exclusive tour of its £100 million science and innovation...
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Space Park Leicester experts to showcase space technology at IAC 2024 in Milan
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/space-park-iac
A team of experts will be showcasing some of the instruments and technologies developed and under development at the University of Leicester.
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Leicester PhD student sets her sights on success thanks to award for telescope research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/phd-student-award-telescope-research
Natasha Carr from the University of Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy has received the Florence and Johnstone Stoney Award from the...
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Space research legacy explored in UK Space Agency and DSIT visit to University of Leicester’s space hub
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/uk-space-agency-dsit-visit-space-park
University of Leicester hosted a delegation of senior staff at Space Park Leicester from the UK Space Agency and the Department of Science,...
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Space Park Leicester to bring space back down to Earth at national conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/space-park-leicester-national-conference
Cutting-edge work of University of Leicester’s science park to be showcased from 16-17 July, including an early prototype of the Double Walled...
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National planetary science conference launches in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/bpsc2024-conference
The British Planetary Science Conference 2024 launches at Space Park Leicester