For those of you that know me and Harv, we will be trying very hard not to go into full catastrophic story runaway! Really looking forward to being able to discuss the future of UK Space in the military and civil sectors.

Things are sounding really good here. Listen to the first sounds of wind captured by my SuperCam microphone. This mic is located at the top of my mast. For this recording, my mast was still down so the sound is a bit muffled. soundcloud.com/nasa/persevera…

Ever wondered what an astronaut’s point of view is on a spacewalk? Well, today’s the day to live it! 😍 Take a look at these HIGH-DEF camera views of Mike Hopkins moving to his worksite across the International Space Station with crystal clear views of Earth.

Today I get to work for both Royal Air Force and UK Space Command. And so it begins. . . Closer to 2 decades I have served Queen and country in Space Ops and am delighted to finally say #Space is not the #future but now the #Present Air Marshal Harv Smyth Paul Godfrey @UKSPOC Strategic Command #excited

Welcome Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 Strategic Command Royal Navy Royal Air Force British Army 🇬🇧 Air Marshal Harv Smyth to day 1 of UK Space Command. Today UK Space Command is officially formed RAF High Wycombe under the command of AVM Paul Godfrey Paul Godfrey #DefenceSpace #UKSpaceCmd gov.uk/guidance/uk-sp…

That’s exactly how I turned up. Give or take a rocket, but it’s the certainly the noise I make when I park the car. A massive thanks to Rob Page & team for hosting us today - a brilliant day out talking space & viewing a trial with the Armoured Trials Development Unit #ADTU

Who knew I’d get a go in a Warrior in this job... Loved the latest situational awareness tools in the modern armoured vehicles - HOTAS using fighter stick tops in Ajax! Great that #ATDU is used as the online bat symbol to help solve problems... (starts thinking of space #...)

Right - grab a cuppa and listen to this. An amazing account by Air Commodore (Ret’d) Dave Waddington CBE on his personal experience of the first Gulf War. Paul Godfrey Dunc Mason @Jbeardmore podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pil…

I have heard Waddo talk about this before, but my jaw was still on the floor. A brilliant listen and even better to have Parky jnr (Army helicopter pilot in training) along on this as well. Grab 2 cuppas and some cake and settle in...

UK Space Command Air Marshal Harv Smyth Paul Godfrey The NATO Space Centre is teaming up with NCIA for this SSA-related Space Pitch Day. Open to companies from any of the 30 NATO nations. Grateful for a retweet to help reach a wider UK audience.

I have absolutely no recollection of a Victor flypast. I was probably nervous about having to read everyone’s names out as the youngest Officer on parade!

A brilliant day with the Spaceport Cornwall team yesterday - despite weather imported from winter! A huge thanks to Melissa Quinn (Thorpe) for showing us around and talking through prep for satellite launches with Virgin Orbit Great to be there with UK Space Agency and my wingman Air Marshal Harv Smyth

And not forgetting the Goonhilly team as well. There’s a lot of ‘Space’ down there in Cornwall!

What a view! Really pleased for the team - I flew in a 2 seat Jaguar in ‘94 with Dave Mackay, the Virgin Galactic chief test pilot and one of the pilots of Unity today! Just brilliant.

Delighted to have the UK’s Space Commander Paul Godfrey as Reviewing Officer at yesterday’s MIOT 4, SOIT 5 and ROIT 66 graduation congratulations to the RAF’s newest officers. Lovely to see 2 sisters, and daughters of a serving 1*, graduate together! #NextGenRAF #NoOrdinaryJob

Great to meet Paul and talk some Space! He is a particle physicist - I stayed away from the tricky questions… Really looking forward to working with him and the team to ensure we do the best for the UK.

A real honour to host Gen Dickinson at UK Space Command Some great conversations as to how we can add value with allies and partners as we grow the command. We briefed our future plans & showed him the HQ building (which we are about to move into) & Space Operations Centre.

We’ll I thoroughly enjoyed that! For anyone wanting to donate to Dunc Mason fundraising for Teenage Cancer Trust with his press up challenge - link here: tinyurl.com/2ufe3tyu @Jbeardmore