Former astronaut touches down as space hub launched

A former NASA astronaut has visited the University of Edinburgh as it unveils a new hub to bring together academics and industry to harness the power of space data. During her visit, Kathryn Sullivan, who was the first American woman to perform a spacewalk, learned about the newly launched Edinburgh Space Hub. The Hub has…

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Scotland’s space sector set to become greenest on Earth

Pictured left to right, Kristina Tamane, Space Sector Business Development Lead at University of Edinburgh, Jane Martin (Managing Director of Innovation and Investment at Scottish Enterprise), Minister Ivan McKee, Ashley Stwart from Location Data Scotland/Optimat and Daniel Smith from AstroAgency

Ambitious plans unveiled to reduce sector’s environmental impact with publication of new Scottish Space Sustainability Roadmap Scotland’s space sector today declares its commitment to reducing its impact on the environment through the publication of a new sustainable space roadmap, the first of its kind on Earth. The new roadmap sets out the steps needed to…

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