Lengths of day and night are nearly equal as the Sun shines directly onto the Earth’s equator. This day marks the start of autumn in the northern hemisphere and the first day of spring in the southern.

This Case Study will explore the role of space both now and into the future across agriculture with a focus on Earth Observation and Connectivity. The discussion will focus on the challenges and opportunities that exist related to exploitation of space and how future developments will benefit the sector.

Join us on Thursday 24 September at 17:30 to hear from Mark Jarman, Head of Agriculture, and Electra Panagoulia, Data Scientist, at the Satellite Applications Catapult.

Look out for the trio of the waxing gibbous Moon, Jupiter and Saturn in the evening sky. The Moon will have made a close approach to Jupiter in the sky at 06:48 GMT, and then to Saturn at 20:38 GMT.

Observe the Moon from your own home, join in the social media conversation, or find an online event to join – details below!

This annual, global event takes place when the Moon is around its first quarter phase – great for evening observations. The Moon’s surface features are also clearly highlighted along the line between day and night, known as the terminator.

Image credit: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio/Ernie Wright

Join Nick and Terry for our fortnightly roundup of all things space! During the 30 minute slot, we’ll ponder and discuss the latest developments in the space industry and astronomy events to look out for.

Tuesday 29 September, 19:30 – 20:00

Want to explore space?

Sessions available to book throughout September!

This hour-long, interactive online event includes a satellite treasure hunt, augmented reality, and meteorite activity all hosted LIVE by a Space Store team member using ZOOM.

We’ll send you everything needed to complete the experience in a neat Space Store activity box!

1-hour space Exploration Space Online Experience: from £39.99.

Check out the calendar for availability.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a U.S. Air Force satellite named GPS 3 SV04 for the Global Positioning System. The launch is scheduled during 00:00-04:00 GMT.

Image: © SpaceX

More talk details to follow soon!

Join us on Thursday 1 October at 17:30 to hear from Libby Jackson, Human Exploration Programme Manager at the UK Space Agency, and author of children’s books Space Explorers (out 3 Sept) and A Galaxy of Her Own (out now).

The Moon will make a close approach to Mars, being at conjunction at 03:25 GMT – look out for this impressive sight in the early morning sky.

“The General Assembly declares 4 to 10 October World Space Week to celebrate each year at the international level the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment of the human condition”

– UN General Assembly resolution, 6 December 1999

This year, the theme is ‘Satellites Improve Life’. Find out more at the link below!

In this talk, Tea and Fernando will be sharing their experiences working with technology companies, non-profit organisations and foreign governments to develop space-based solutions that contribute towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. They will be talking about how their expertise in design has helped foster innovation and develop unique approaches to creating products and services with impact.

Join us on Thursday 8 October at 17:30 to hear from Tea Tuur and Fernando Carballal, Innovation Consultants & Co-Founders of Impactspace.

The Draconid Meteor Shower peaks on 7-8 October. It occurs when the Earth passes through debris left over by Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner.

Mars will appear its biggest and brightest in the sky as it reaches its closest approach to Earth. Start looking out for it after sunset above the eastern horizon – it will then reach its highest point in the sky around midnight local time.

Join Nick and Terry for our fortnightly roundup of all things space! During the 30 minute slot, we’ll ponder and discuss the latest developments in the space industry and astronomy events to look out for.

Tuesday 13 October, 19:30 – 20:00

A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch three crew members to the International Space Station – NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov – aboard the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft.

They will take off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

More talk details to follow soon!

Join us on Thursday 15 October at 17:30 to hear from Mike Lawton and Shefali Sharma!

VARIOUS DATES AVAILABLE: Please enquire
DURATION: 30 minutes to 4 hours (depending on activities selected)
PRICE: Enquire for prices for up to six people

Join CEO and Founder of Space Store Stephen Ringler during this exclusive, in-store experience for up to six people from the same family, household or bubble.

We’ve got the social distancing requirements and health and safety angle covered so that you don’t have to worry about a thing!

We provide:

– Stephen Ringler to host your experience with space facts and expertise along the way!
– Activities throughout your session, tailored to meet your booking and exclusive to your group, choose from a selection of the below activities to tailor your experience:

1. Virtual reality: You can chose two of three activities from a EVA (space walk), cave dive, or mission launch
2. Augmented reality cards: An interactive experience of computer-generated imagery of our Solar System followed by a quiz to test your knowledge
3. Meteorites: Real space rocks for you to hold; touch, feel and learn about their origin and what they are made of
4. Try on a Space Suit: Replica Tim Peake, Sokol space suits to try on for each member of the group
5. Satellite Treasure Hunt: An interactive exploration of satellite images, find the landmarks!
6. Eat Like an Astronaut: Discover what astronauts eat in space and have a go at making your own meal
7. Build a Satellite: Learn to build and operate a ‘UBO’ satellite
8. Individual feature photographs for the group as a memento of the occasion.

Please contact us to discuss your requirements to develop an exclusive and bespoke activity for your group.

Great for ages 4 and up!

Discuss your booking with us

The New Moon – when the Moon is invisible to the naked eye because its dark side faces the Earth – means the sky is darker, which is great for stargazing. (Now all that’s needed is no clouds!)

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will take a sample of asteroid Bennu on Tuesday 20 October. This is just one part of its mission to study the asteroid, and it will return the sample to Earth in 2023.

The waxing crescent Moon will be in conjunction with Jupiter at 17:12 GMT on Thursday 22 October. Later that night, it will be in conjunction with Saturn at 03:24 GMT in the early hours of Friday 23 October. Look out for them in the sky on the Thursday evening.

The Orionid Meteor Shower reaches its peak on 21-22 October. These bright, quick meteors appear to originate from the constellation Orion and are actually leftovers from Halley’s Comet.

SpaceX’s first operational Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station, Crew-1, will blast off on a Falcon 9 rocket.

The launch is scheduled for 09:47 GMT on 23 October, taking off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre. NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker and Japan’s Soichi Noguchi will be onboard.

Join Nick and Terry for our fortnightly roundup of all things space! During the 30 minute slot, we’ll ponder and discuss the latest developments in the space industry and astronomy events to look out for.

Tuesday 27 October, 19:30 – 20:00

The Moon will appear fully illuminated by the Sun. When this happens for the second time in one month, it is known as a blue moon. Blue moons are rare – they occur on average once every 2.7 years.

On 2 Nov 2000, NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev began a planned four-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS). They were the first resident crew members to live and work on the ISS.

The New Moon – when the Moon is invisible to the naked eye because its dark side faces the Earth – means the sky is darker, which is great for stargazing. (Now all that’s needed is no clouds!)

The Leonid shower produces 10-15 meteors per hour at its peak, which this year takes place on 17-18 November. The point where the meteors seem to emanate from (known as the radiant) is at the head or ‘sickle’ of the constellation Leo the Lion, hence the shower’s name.

This is an annual meteor shower, produced by dust grains left behind by comet Tempel-Tuttle. This shower, however, is unique in that it has a cyclonic peak about every 33 years where hundreds of meteors per hour can be seen. The last of these occurred in 2001.