Aviation & Aerospace

It’s lift-off for satellite builders’ latest rideshare mission, with multiple clients using a single craft

Alton’s In-Space Missions has been awarded a grant from the UK Space Agency’s International Bilateral Fund to help launch Faraday Dragon, providing regular in-orbit... READ MORE »

Simon Geere explains why Farnborough Airport is backing the Hampshire Business Awards

Farnborough Airport, the largest business aviation dedicated airport in the UK and birthplace of the country’s aviation, has been announced as the headline sponsor of... READ MORE »

Portsmouth scientists host pilot mission to probe ‘Dark Ages’ of the universe at new space facility

Scientists at the University of Portsmouth recently joined their academic counterparts from Cambridge to work on CosmoCube, a mission to send a satellite into orbit over... READ MORE »

Southampton scientists are behind the thermal imaging tech used in new ‘space thermometer’

A revolutionary climate monitoring satellite named HOTSAT-1 launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California last week, with a group of Hampshire scientists... READ MORE »

New learning and development centre places Farnborough Airport at the heart of its community

Farnborough Airport is now home to a new community hub in which promises to bring together people and information and help the Airport to forge deeper local connections... READ MORE »

Shoot for the stars! Former NHS surgeon is repping Hampshire as the world’s first disabled astronaut

The European Space Agency’s first ‘parastronaut’ is about to embark on a two-year training course in the hopes of making spaceflight more accessible to a wider... READ MORE »

Farnborough aviators drum up trans-Atlantic business as they meet with high flyers in Ohio

With Farnborough and Ohio representing the beating hearts of their respective nations’ aerospace sectors, it only made sense for the two to come together and talk... READ MORE »

Biz Bites: Portsmouth Charity Hub; Hearing aid upcycling scheme; Hospice's Sunflower Celebration

‘Truly inspiring’ new Portsmouth hub for charities and volunteers is buzzing after generous donation Hampshire charities and volunteers now have a permanent space in... READ MORE »

Portsmouth researchers are over the moon as space mission facilities get £100k funding boost

The final frontier just got a whole lot closer at the University of Portsmouth, home to the new Space Mission Incubator. Inspired by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory... READ MORE »

Out of this world: Southampton to be first stop on space agency tour

The UK Space Agency’s new ‘Space for Everyone’ tour is set to lift off in West Bargate, Southampton. The stellar event, which will run from the first to the fifth... READ MORE »