UK offers £15M to space tech projects for commercial astronaut mission

The UK Space Agency has opened two funding calls for tech and science projects to fly onboard a prospective, commercially-sponsored mission. The calls are in preparation of an agreement between the UK and Axiom Space, a US company that organises visits to the International Space Station (ISS). The partnership aims to launch a British astronaut mission, potentially to the ISS. The £15mn (€17.5mn) funding will depend on whether the mission will actually proceed. “We want to keep the UK space sector at the forefront of scientific discovery and technological innovation, so this has been front and centre of our work with…

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