Diaries from the cave.
Five astronauts, four days, three space agencies.
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Today marks 3 years since @ESA_Euclid begin it’s 6-year mission to help better our understanding of #DarkEnergy and #DarkMatter. 🛰️ 🌌 UK science and data expertise is playing a major role in the mission. Learn more 👉 orlo.uk/ZR5Pp
- The @royalsociety's Summer Science Exhibition kicks off today! ⚗️🔬🔭 Explore cutting-edge UK research and visit the Euclid exhibition to find out how the mission is uncovering the mysteries of the universe. 🌌 Plan your visit 👇
- Could you help advise the UK Space Agency on space technology? 🚀🛰️ We're seeking nominations for two new members of the Space Technology Advisory Committee, with particular interest in candidates with expertise in national defence and security. 🛡️🌍 👉 gov.uk/government/pub…
- Two UK @esa astronauts - @Astro_Rosemary and @iamfivetoes - are taking part in an underground caving exercise. 👩🚀👨🚀 @esa's CAVES experience helps provide astronauts with vital teamwork and adaptation skills necessary for a mission in space. 🛰️Cave training lab. 👩🚀 @esa's CAVES mission gets real today: four days of underground exploration for our five trainees. Make your own path, build your team, explore safely. esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…
- The UK Space Agency, in partnership with @esa, is inviting proposals for commercially-focused EO projects under the InCubed programme, with €300k–€4m in funding available. 🌍 Deadline for applications is 21 August. Apply here 👉 orlo.uk/7Gec9
- The UK is developing a regulatory roadmap for medicines manufactured in space. 💊 We're working with @MHRAgovuk to support the development of medicines in microgravity, building on the UK's world-leading approach to pharmaceutical regulation. 🌍 👉 medregs.blog.gov.uk/2026/06/25/the…
- The UK Space Agency's Commercial Climate Services Call 4 is open. 🌍 Up to £500,000 is available for innovative satellite EO-based climate services - from water resources and agriculture to urban heat and wildfires. Apply by 7 August 👉 orlo.uk/Nm12l
- New @ESA_Euclid image drop! This cut out is from the largest high-resolution photo ever taken of the centre of our galaxy in visible light. 📸 Euclid is imaging vast swathes of the sky to help explore dark matter and energy, with an instrument onboard funded by us. 🌌No less than 60 million stars in one image. It's possible thanks to the @ESA_Euclid mission. For just one day, Euclid turned its gaze to the crowded heart of the Milky Way and captured the largest, most detailed photo ever taken of our galaxy's centre in visible light. Let's
Read more on the UK's involvement in the mission 👉gov.uk/government/cas…
- 🚨 New Euclid image dropping today at 11:00am UK time! Stay tuned 👀🥁🥁🥁 New Euclid image coming In 1995, astronomers turned @HUBBLE_space to a seemingly empty patch of sky. The now famous Hubble Deep Field turned back with 3000 galaxies. Now, astronomers have done the opposite. 1/2
- Summer nights are perfect for stargazing. 🌃 Look out for the Milky Way's core, meteor showers, and in August, a partial solar eclipse visible from the UK. 🌍 🌑☀️ Find out more (via BBC online):
- The deadline for our Size and Health of the UK Space Industry survey is fast approaching! 🚀 Your responses help us track growth and identify constraints in the UK space sector. Have your say before Friday 26 June 👉 orlo.uk/zO5v7
