Wishing all our incredible supporters and volunteers a very Merry Christmas and a joyful holiday season! Thank you for your invaluable help and dedication throughout 2024, which has made this year such a success for the SSEF. We truly appreciate your hard work and passion, and we look forward to collaborating with you in 2025 […]
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Shoreham-by-Sea Galactic Challenge
Shoreham-by-Sea Galactic Challenge. Yesterday, we had the pleasure of hosting a phenomenal Galactic Challenge at Shoreham Academy, joined by students from PACA, Seahaven Academy, and Cardinal Newman Catholic School. Our talented Year 8 students formed three companies and were tasked with designing AXelerate, a Low Earth Orbit technology development settlement specialising in satellite communications and […]
SSEF Mourns the Passing of CEO Anita Gale
SSEF are saddened to hear of the passing of Anita Gale, co-founder of ISSDC, over the weekend. Anita spent her career inspiring young people around the world to pursue careers in science and space, and helped countless young girls discover their potential in technical fields. Anita will be greatly missed and her legacy will continue […]
Reaching new heights with Galactic Challenge
Reaching new heights with Galactic Challenge We’ve had a busy start to 2024 at the Space Science and Engineering Foundation (SSEF), including the first Galactic Challenge of the year. At the end of January students arrived at Bede’s School and found themselves transported to the year 2054 to create designs for a new low Earth […]
Shoreham Academy goes to Mars
Shoreham Academy hosts Galactic Challenge. In an ambitious and inspiring endeavour, Year 7 students from around Sussex embarked on the Galactic Challenge, setting their sights on designing a research settlement on the red planet, Mars. Our hosts, Shoreham Academy, Galactic Challenge brought together students from esteemed institutions Portslade Aldridge Community Academy, Seahaven Academy, and Cardinal […]
Size and Scale in Space
Rescue missions in space are very different to Earth. Knowing how size and scale in space is like can help you design for this successfully. by Neelesh Ravichandran, UKSDC Design & Publications Committee Chair Where is everything? Space is a vast expanse filled, mostly, with nothing at all. The diagram on the right of this […]
“Houston, We Have a Problem”
The real space rescue missions of history. by Nadiya Ivahnenko, Galactic Challenge Volunteer Monday, April 13th 1970 7.07 pm PST 56 hours into a mission, an explosion begins to shake a rocket headed for the moon. 205, 000 miles away alarm lights begin to flash at mission control on earth. Oxygen tank 2 has exploded, […]
Halley’s Comet – A Bad Sign for Difficult Times?
Halley’s Comet has been seen throughout history as a warning of bad things to come – read on to find out about its history, science, and the challenges you might face living there! Written by James Hayes, Galactic Challenge Volunteer Illustrated by Saffron Zainchkovskaya, Galactic Challenge Volunteer Imagine you’re living in the Year 1066 AD. […]
How Do Spaceships Move In Space?
Exploring the ins and outs of spacecraft flight control, focussing on the systems that control propulsion and orientation. Written by Abdur-Raheem Kalam (Heemy), Galactic Challenge Volunteer Illustrated by Saffron Zainchkovskaya, Galactic Challenge Volunteer Moving around becomes surprisingly difficult when we enter space. How do spacecraft go forwards, backwards, side-to-side? What happens when we need to […]
Quick Fixes to Upgrade Your Submission!
Here are two key tips for you to unlock the full potential of your designs. Written by Sung Soo Moon, Galactic Challenge Volunteer Illustrated by Saffron Zainchkovskaya, Galactic Challenge Volunteer Are all your diagrams clearly labelled with dimensions and descriptions? The world doesn’t run on wishy washy guesswork. When designing missions for interplanetary space travel, […]