Robinson: cost of building space elevator less than Crossrail - tens of billions. Not sure yet where counterweight will come from #spaceupuk

Crazy ways to reach the stars #SpaceUpUK

Final panel discussion with great audience participation #spaceupuk🇬🇧

XCOR #spaceupuk

Final keynote of the day from commercial space operator XCOR #spaceupuk🇬🇧

Yesterday and today we followed SpaceUP:UK #SpaceUpUK from London. Tomorrow we will follow IAF #SpaceUpGLIS from Geneva!

Well done to SpaceUP:UK Phil and Charlie for organising an amazing two days of talks on space and health! Really enjoyed it all. :-)

.SpaceUP:UK Phil Carvil Charles Laing 🚀 Conor Gorman

The UK Parliament has spoken & says we need a National Space Programme parliament.uk/business/commi… @CommonsSTC

Getting ready to welcome Tim back to Earth & lab tests we have waiting for him... 😁🇬🇧🚀 #Principia #welcomehometim

Welcome back Tim Peake to DLR - English's :envihab. Blood & urine tests then well deserved rest #welcomehometim

So Tim made it safely back to our labs youtu.be/hyuW1ZZuE60 here's a video of him arriving at 2am this morning 😀🇬🇧🚀 #WelcomeHomeTim

Early hours of this morning waiting for Tim Peake to arrive... #WelcomeHomeTim

The big result is in... Charles Laing 🚀 is the winner of UK Space Agency Touchdown Zone! Congrats to Charlie! #Principia

READ: Charles Laing 🚀 blogs about winning UK Space Agency Touchdown Zone! touchdown.imanastronaut.uk/2016/06/27/tha… #Principia

Still time to apply for SELGRA National Point of Contact sites.google.com/site/studentel… Funded European travel to space conferences & more

Internships at the European Astronaut Centre ift.tt/2i5LQ1E

#OTD 50 years ago 1967 1st international treaty on outer space affairs opened for signature UNOOSA NASA History Office unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwor…

Cool discovery NASA! 🚀 nasa.gov/press-release/… but #Trappist1 planets really close w/ radiation likely to kill anything 😞 #nogreenmen

This incredible map tracks every space mission in the solar system 🚀