Past events

02 September 2019, 9:00am

CONFERENCE – Piazzi Smyth 200th Anniversary Symposium

More information on Charles Piazzi Smyth here.

17 August 2019, 7:20pm

Fringe event – Space Exploration: Should We Fund our NHS Instead!?

“Space Exploration Must be Waste of Money – Should We Fund our NHS Instead!?”Big money is going into Space Exploration and Industry, which inevitably leads to big questions on whether…

07 August 2019, 1:30pm

Fringe event – Scotland: Final Frontier?

Launching rockets is the last missing piece in the growing Scottish space industry. Plans are underway to send satellites, and people, into outer space from Scotland. Sutherland, Unst and Prestwick…

19 July 2019, 8:00pm

Exhibition – From Scotland to Outer Space

This mini-exhibition is showcasing the current technological developments allowing for further exploration of Outer Space (from Scotland), contrasted with the development of conceptual ideas and scientific enquiries into the understanding…

19 July 2019, 6:00pm

Seminar – Re(En)Visioning Space Exploration: From the Moon Landing to Further Afield

50 years ago, Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon. Since our fascination with sending people into space has not stopped and we are now contemplating sending people to Mars.…

10 July 2019, 6:30pm

Book launch – Escape from Earth: A Secret History of the Space Rocket

We are delighted to invite you to the book launch of Fraser MacDonald’s Escape from Earth: A Secret History of the Space Rocket, hosted by Blackwell’s and introduced by Pippa Goldschmidt.Reserve your…

06 July 2019, 9:00am

Conference – SpaceUp Glasgow

Scottish first “Space Up” unconference, bringing together in an informal environment academics, professionals, entrepreneurs, communicators, – in short everyone who cares about Outer Space!More information and tickets here.

22 June 2019, 12:30pm

Tour – Curious Edinburgh Astronomy Tour

Officially launching the brand new Curious Edinburgh Astronomy Tour with a walk along the Royal Mile, Mound, George Street and up to Calton Hill, discovering Edinburgh’s rich Astronomical past.THE EVENT…

20 June 2019, 6:00pm

Seminar – Visions of an Inclusive Outer Space: Systems and Architectures

Systems and architectures are ways in which humans construct our understanding of the position within, and belonging to, the environment we inhabit – in particular at the limits of our…

20 June 2019, 9:00am

Workshop – Out of the Cradle: Inclusive Systems in Outer Space

Outer space’s abstract appearance leads to a desire for its systemisation in order to conceptualise and normativize the human position within it. This includes epistemological “systems of thought” and ontologies…

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