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• University of Leicester and Perpetual Atomics achieve major qualification milestone for the Americium Radioisotope Heater Unit

  Date: 29 Apr 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/major-qualification-milestone-americium-radioisotope-heater-unit

  Radioisotope power technology proves its resilience under the extreme forces of a rocket launch and the environments of planetary surfaces

• Perpetual Atomics and QSA Global Fuel the World’s First Americium-Powered Radioisotope Heater Unit Core

  Date: 29 Apr 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/perpetual-atomics-qsa-global-americium-powered-radioisotope-heater-unit-core

  Breakthrough for University of Leicester spinout in development of space nuclear power system

• Leicester SMILE space mission engineer excited about its launch

  Date: 28 Apr 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/smile-space-mission-engineer

  Siddhant Sachdev has been interviewed by Engineering Magazine about the upcoming mission

• New asteroid catalogue allows glimpse into Solar System’s rock history

  Date: 21 Apr 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/asteroid-catalogue-solar-system-rock-history-1-770

  Researchers at University of Leicester and the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur use Gaia satellite data to collect spectra from our asteroid belt

• Discovery of three giant planets could provide rare glimpse into early solar systems

  Date: 20 Apr 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/trio-giant-planets-early-solar-systems

  New study from University of Leicester astronomers reveals three planets orbiting other stars, including one of the longest-orbiting transiting...

• Space Worms! UK scientists launch microscopic crew into orbit to support future Moon missions

  Date: 13 Apr 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/space-worms-launch-microscopic-moon-missions

  A ‘Petri Pod’ designed and built at Space Park Leicester and launched last weekend will allow scientists on Earth led from the University of...

• NASA and ESA view Space Park Leicester’s ultra-clean mini-lab for space samples first-hand

  Date: 1 Apr 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/nasa-esa-space-park-leicester-ultra-clean-mini-lab

  Delegation from NASA and the European Space Agency visited Space Park Leicester to see its Double Walled Isolator, an ultra-clean miniature...

• New satellite to give global view on Earth’s ‘magnetic shield’, thanks to Leicester-built telescope

  Date: 31 Mar 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/satellite-earth-magnetic-shield-leicester-built-telescope

  Scientists at Space Park Leicester led development of the Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) on the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer...

• From planets to Plantagenets: the role of space science in identifying Richard III’s remains

  Date: 26 Mar 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/planets-plantagenets-space-science-richard-iii-remains

  John Holt from Space Park Leicester reflects on his experience as part of the Richard III project on the 11th anniversary of the King's reinterment

• Leicester planet-forming research presented in Parliament

  Date: 18 Mar 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/planet-forming-research-presented-parliament

  Early career researcher Dr Sahl Rowther attend STEM in BRITAIN event where he showcased his research on the protoplanetary discs that birth...