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#361 Revisited: Space – The Robotic Age
Humanity’s furthest ever journey into space has been delayed. Again. An interruption to the flow of helium forced NASA to scrap the revised 6 March
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Building the space economy
Partner: Satellite Applications Catapult At the birth of the space age in the 1950s, the UK was a major player in the global space industry.
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Countdown to British Launch: Joe Laynton
Supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering, Ingenious Award Ingenious is an awards scheme for projects that engage the public with engineering while at the
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#61 Countdown to British launch
On 28 October 1971 the UK conducted its first and only successful orbital launch, firing the Prospero satellite into low earth orbit – LEO on
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Women Engineering a Better World
“At Engineering Matters we strive to ensure diversity and equality in our podcasts all year round. This means making sure that the work of women
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Saving Structures with Satellites
It was December 2015 and the UK was hit by a succession of devastating storms. Record breaking rainfall overwhelmed the country and rivers were dangerously swollen. Yorkshire, in the north of England was one of the worst hit areas. The intense storms led to higher and higher river levels breaching defences and in the village of Tadcaster something happened that no one was expecting….
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#55 Saving Structures with Satellites
How data from satellites can track structural movement, and give early warning of potential failure. New research shows that catastrophic bridge collapses could have been