Tag Archives: Space STEM

Get together with friends at home or look out for larger events in your area on the 18th of June 2016 and celebrate the return of Astronaut Tim Peake. Dress as Astronauts, eat Space themed food and do Space themed activities, here’s a handy guide to get you started, Inspired by the Principias resource pack. Looking the Part for Tim …

Tim Peak runs the London Marathon in Space At 10am on the 24th of April Tim Peake ran the Virgin Money London Marathon, for the Princes Trust. Running the 26.2 miles (42.2 Km) on a virtual course set up on the International Space Station, he ran alongside Team Astronaut, an Earth based group made up of staff from the UK Space agency and the …

The sound of two black holes approaching one another and then becoming one 100 years ago, Einstein published a paper called “Näherungsweise Integration der Feldgleichungen der Gravitation” (Approximative Integration of the Field Equations of Gravitation -English Translation) in which Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves. Einstein’s theories state that nothing can go faster than light, not even forces and that Gravity …

The Competition – A Creative Launch! Win some great prizes for you, your pupils and your School, design the All SySTEMs Go Logo. We are looking for creative, imaginative designs inspired about Space, Wales, LEGO, Science/Technology. You can work by yourself, with a friend or as a group. The only thing we ask is that the logo must contain the project …

America and Russia have very different ways of building rockets In America NASA’s VAB (Formerly Vertical Assembly Building, now Vehicle Assembly Building) rockets are assembled vertically, the benefits of this are that the rocket can be made lighter, as it only has to take off and not be lifted up by a crane. One negative of this is that the …

On the 11th of March 2016 the Proton Rocket, that will lift the first ExoMars Satellite and lander from the Earth and transport to Mars, was taken to the launch site in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is a large country south of Russia which has been the best place for Russian and European space launches since the very first rocket Sputnik in 1957, …

How did Tim Peake become an Astronaut? In 2008 the European Space Agency (ESA), put out an ad for six jobs as an Astronaut, for the first time since 1992 British people were allowed to apply. Across Europe and the UK over 8,000 people applied for the position. If you want to become an Astronaut with ESA, have a look at their …

This years UKSEDS conference took place 5th and 6th of March 2016 in Sheffield. Link to official website ukseds.org or follow #NSSC16 KEYNOTE: On the 5th of March the conference was started with a keynote speech from Professor Mark McCaughrean European Space Agency’s (ESA) Senior Scientific Advisor in the Directorate of Science and Robotic Exploration. He shared ESA’s plans for space …

We have Lift Off Arriving at 10am pupils and guests were welcomed by the G2G Communities CIC staff. Each pupil was given an All SyStems Go badge and assigned a colour. From there they were seated and welcomed to the School All SySTEMs Go launch by one of the G2G Directors, Dr William Lockitt. The introduction included information on activities …

Would you like us to visit your school? From now until March, 2018 we will be visiting thirty-five Schools in and around North Wales to deliver enrichment activities. Using our LEGO Education and other resources we will be providing Key stage 2 and 3 students and teachers the opportunities to build robots, learn programming and explore the careers available in the Space Sector. Register Your …