Ten years to the day since Tim Peake’s dramatic return to Earth, Britain’s most renowned astronaut will be returning to the National Space Centre to celebrate not only the milestone but also the continuation of his inspirational legacy.

The Ariel payload has cleared a major test milestone, paving the way for the mission that will uncover the secrets of over 1,000 alien worlds.

The Combined Space Operations (CSpO) Initiative Principals’ Board convened in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where senior representatives from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, the UK and USA, addressed the rapidly evolving security dynamics of the space domain.

A spike in atmospheric radiation from a major solar flare in November 2025 was picked up by a global network of soil moisture sensors and a new rapid-response research project led by the University of Surrey will now analyse the data, offering fresh insight into how the impact of solar radiation storms varies across the Earth’s surface.

Today SatVu, the British thermal intelligence company, releases first light imagery from HotSat-2, the second satellite in its commercial high resolution thermal imaging constellation.

During his visit to Bermuda, His Majesty King Charles III toured the site which will be the first of the UK’s new global network of optical telescopes designed to protect the satellites that millions of people depend on every day.