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NASA astronaut. Born and grew up in the UK, US citizen after 1991. Nicholas Patrick: Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire STS-116 (Discovery) STS-130 9 December 2006 / NASA astronaut. Born and grew up in the UK, US citizen since 1994. Richard Garriott: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Soyuz TMA-13/12: 12 October 2008 /
The United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) is an executive agency of the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the United Kingdom's civil space programme.It was established on 1 April 2010 to replace the British National Space Centre (BNSC) and took over responsibility for government policy and key budgets for space exploration; [2] [3] it represents the United Kingdom in all ...
As of 2024, nearly 80 different government space agencies are in existence, including more than 70 national space agencies and several international agencies. Initial competencies demonstrated include the funding and nomination of candidates to serve as astronauts, cosmonauts, or taikonauts with the countries/organizations executing human spaceflight solutions.
On 19 July 2006 NASA astronaut Brian Duffy visited and told people about his trip to space. [citation needed] National Space Centre hosted a UK tour by the NASA STS-121 crew, including UK born astronaut Piers Sellers. [30] The crew spoke to MPs, industry leaders and school children about the UK Space Industry.
The United Kingdom Global Navigation Satellite System (UK GNSS) was a United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) research programme which, between May 2018 and September 2020, developed outline proposals for a United Kingdom (UK) owned and operated conventional satellite navigation system, as a British alternative to the European Union (EU) owned and operated Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System.
Through the UK Space Agency, the partners provide delegates to represent the UK on the various ESA governing bodies. Each partner funds its own programme. The Italian Space Agency ( Agenzia Spaziale Italiana or ASI) was founded in 1988 to promote, co-ordinate and conduct space activities in Italy.
Ariel 1 (also known as UK-1 and S-55), was the first British-American satellite, and the first satellite in the Ariel programme.Its launch in 1962 made the United Kingdom the third country to operate a satellite, after the Soviet Union and the United States.
For this reason, NASA permitted the three-man crews to name both crafts for each of their missions, and these names were used as the call signs. A temporary exception to this was on the first Moon landing, Apollo 11 : since the first Moon landing site was in the Sea of Tranquillity , the call sign Tranquillity Base was used while the LM was on ...