Discover Space UK

Supporting sustainable spaceflight services from Machrihanish, Scotland 🚀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Discover Space UK @DiscoverSpaceUK]

The @DiscoverSpaceUK team have been busy preparing for the #Mach23 Rocketry Competition, and are happy to share that our annual Community Open Day @MachAirbase will be taking place on July 1st! 🚀

Tickets available here 👉 https://t.co/7UrpPsyGrp

[UK Civil Aviation Authority @UK_CAA]

A whole load of rockets launched from the UK last week as the @DiscoverSpaceUK #Mach23 competition was in full force🚀

We were there helping inspire the next generation of rocket scientists as the UK takes to the stars✨

#STEM

[Discover Space UK @DiscoverSpaceUK]

The #Mach23 Rocketry Competition is well underway - with student rocket launches yesterday and a Space Skills Workshop today, kindly supported by @Skyrora_Ltd @ScottishSpaceLC and @UK_CAA 🚀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Discover Space UK @DiscoverSpaceUK]

The Discover Space at Machrihanish Airbase Community Open Day is just around the corner 🚀

Join us at @MachAirbase on July 1st for a day of family fun, rocket launches, a planetarium experience by @ourdynamicearth, science trails and more!

Register at: https://t.co/7UrpPsyGrp

[Discover Space UK @DiscoverSpaceUK]

We are delighted to announce that Discover Space UK has been awarded grant funding as part of the UK Space Agency LaunchUK Technology Investment Programme to develop a propulsion test and research facility at Machrihanish Airbase 🚀

Read more: https://t.co/NPj8gNi5Z0

[UK Space Agency @spacegovuk]

Working with @UofGlasgow, @DiscoverSpaceUK are developing the MachLab propulsion and space research laboratory, which will offer testing capabilities of Earth-storable and cryogenic rocket engines. 🔬🚀

[Discover Space UK @DiscoverSpaceUK]

Registrations for Mach-23 close today at 11:59pm! 📢

Make sure to secure your universities place in the UK's leading student combined CanSat & Rocketry Competition, by visiting https://t.co/deXBk0wpUs 🚀

@MachAirbase @Exotopic_Ltd @UKSEDS

[Discover Space UK @DiscoverSpaceUK]

Registration for #Mach23 is open!

To secure your universities place in the UK's leading student combined CanSat & Rocketry Competition, register at https://t.co/YHq6ZspN54 before 11/11/22🚀

#Student #Rocket #CanSat #Competition #Scotland @Exotopic_Ltd @machairbase @UKSEDS

[Skyrora @Skyrora_Ltd]

The #Skyrora team had a truly fantastic experience at the scenic @machairbase conducting a successful second stage static fire test of #SkyroraXL! 🌞🚀

Thanks again to @DiscoverSpaceUK for all your support in this monumental endeavor!

Learn more: https://t.co/tDls29PTPi

[Discover Space UK @DiscoverSpaceUK]

Congratulations @Skyrora_Ltd on the successful static fire test of the second stage of Skyrora XL at @MachAirbase 🚀

DSUK were delighted to welcome Skyrora to the site to conduct the biggest integrated stage test held in the UK since the 1970s! 🙌

#Congratulations #UKSpace

[Skyrora @Skyrora_Ltd]

We're ecstatic to share that we've successfully completed the static fire test of the 2nd stage of #SkyroraXL, bringing us closer to the first vertical #UKLaunch in 2023! 🚀

Learn more: https://t.co/JmQBeF3f2a

@DiscoverSpaceUK @machairbase @spacegovuk @esa @SaxaVord_Space

[SPRINTForSpace @sprintforspace]

New UK space research projects to be supported by SPRINT’s Mini Innovation Vouchers scheme https://t.co/mr23I0Tmx8 @spacegovuk #sprintforspace @unisouthampton @uniofleicester @discoverspaceuk @UofGlasgow

[Discover Space UK @DiscoverSpaceUK]

Teams also took part in hands-on rocketry and safety skills training for their future launch endeavours and public engagement as part of the Spaceport Machrihanish Community Open Day.

We look forward to welcoming back more teams next year for Mach-23 - Watch this space! 🌟 (2/2)

[Discover Space UK @DiscoverSpaceUK]

We’ve had a fantastic week hosting University Teams from across the UK as part of the #Mach22 Launch Competition and Space Skills Workshop 🚀

Students designed, built and launched Rockets and CanSats (satellites within the dimensions of a can) at Spaceport Machrihanish (1/2)

[Team RIAS @team_rias]

The successful launch of Maverick… our winning rocket 🚀 🤩

#mach22 @UKSEDS @DiscoverSpaceUK @spacegovuk @OU_SPS @space_ou @OU_STEM @ouphysicsox @Mrsrachmitchey @MaddyKilmurray @JamieLBurton

[Leshan Uggalla @LeshanUggalla]

@UniSouthWales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Rocketry team carrying out their final assembling and safety checks ahead of today’s #mach22 Rocketry competition at Machrihanish Airport, Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. All the very best to our team and all others competing today. Good luck all 🤜🤞
@USWResearch @USWEngineering

[Discover Space UK @DiscoverSpaceUK]

Brilliant to see 10 successful rocket launches yesterday as part of the #Mach22 Competition at Spaceport Machrihanish 🚀🌟

If you're coming along to our community open day today, make sure you tag us in your photos!

[Discover Space UK @DiscoverSpaceUK]

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[mokfest @mokfest]

The Virtual @mokfest goes interstellar 🙂.

We will transmit the broadcast to the International Space Station from https://t.co/2nXu7JtAxj at 7.00pm

Check out our Facebook page for more info on the event which runs from Aug 19 - 23.

@1jigevents @CalMacFerries @machairbase

[mokfest @mokfest]

The Virtual @mokfest goes interstellar 🙂.

We will transmit the broadcast to the International Space Station from https://t.co/2nXu7JtAxj at 7.00pm

Check out our Facebook page for more info on the event which runs from Aug 19 - 23.

@1jigevents @CalMacFerries @machairbase

[Skyrora @Skyrora_Ltd]

Our wonderful design team have been working away on some more colouring-in activities for you guys, so get creative, have some fun, and send them in once you're done! You know we love to see the! 👽👽 #mindfulcolouring #colouringforkids
https://t.co/LPRsNsh62b

[SPACE.com @SPACEdotcom]

Rocket Lab catches falling Electron booster with helicopter in reusability test (video) https://t.co/qwuoOf1rMx