2025 was the UK’s biggest defence export year in over 40 years, with more to come in 2026.
£20 billion in exports means 👇
👷♂️ 25,000+ jobs secured for decades
🏭 430+ British businesses backed in the supply chain
🤝 Stronger partnerships with allies
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For the first time ever, all spacecraft ports at the space station are full with 8 docked vehicles as 10 crewmembers conduct cutting-edge science in orbit. The station will shift to a seven-person crew next week as a Soyuz trio returns to Earth. https://t.co/nFCB5lKphG
From blue skies to the red horizons of Mars
On Nov. 13, New Glenn launched @NASA’s ESCAPADE mission and landed its fully reusable first stage on Jacklyn in the Atlantic.
The rocket is stacked. ✅
The Orion spacecraft with its launch abort system is stacked atop the Space Launch System rocket. Launch of the Artemis II mission around the Moon is targeted for early next year.
🌊Sentinel-6B is designed to measure sea levels within about one inch across ~90% of the world’s ocean.
This data will provide crucial information for state and local governments to make informed decisions about protecting coastal infrastructure, real estate, and energy sites!
Gravity demands enormous energy to leave Earth. Virgin Galactic uses an air launch system that starts with its launch vehicle as its first stage. The greatest advantage of an aircraft as our first stage? Cost efficiency and high reusability, backed by over 120 years of aviation technology. Get to know our launch vehicle in this episode of We Build SpaceShips.
📸 This weeks NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the week features the stately and inclined spiral galaxy NGC 3511.
From Hubble’s vantage point in orbit around Earth, NGC 3511 is tilted by about 70 degrees!
ICYMI: Orion, with @esa European Service Module🇪🇺, is now complete and ready to start the fueling process ⛽ at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida 🇺🇸
Following integration of the seven-meter-long solar arrays from Airbus in the Netherlands🇳🇱 a few weeks ago, the @NASA_Orion spacecraft that will carry the #Artemis II crew to the Moon and back next year will now be loaded with propellants, high pressure gases, coolant and other fluids the spacecraft and crew will need to manoeuvre and carry out their 10-day journey.
📸Copyright: NASA
Even more dates added to our 2025 calendar! We’ve excited to be flying at:
🔴Cromer Carnival
⚪️Sidmouth Regatta
🔵Clacton Airshow
🔴Roskilde Airshow, Denmark
⚪️Bucharest International Air Show, Romania(flypast only)
🔵Radom Airshow, Poland
More details: https://t.co/MbeZBat64F
Air Force One has become one of the most iconic jets of all time. The aircraft is a variant of the Boeing 747, with a multitude of modifications to turn it into a "flying Oval Office" for the leadership of the United States of America.
Today, the aircraft paid a visit to Florida, where one of NASCAR's biggest events of the racing season occurred: the Daytona 500. The president's aircraft could be seen arriving at nearby Daytona Beach International Airport ahead of the race.
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Top Guns: Inside the RAF is about to begin!
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Post your questions as we go, and we’ll do our best to reply.
Tyche 🛰️
🇬🇧 Designed and built in the UK by @surreysat
🥇 First in a planned satellite network
📸 Takes high-resolution photos from space
Watch the full explainer video on our YouTube channel 👇
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