Maggie Aderin-Pocock: Nasa scientist inspired by appointment

2023-03-19

Maggie Aderin-Pocock: Nasa scientist inspired by appointment

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1. Maggie Aderin-Pocock: Nasa scientist inspired by appointment

- A woman who is working at Nasa has spoken of how inspired she was by the appointment of Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock as her former university's chancellor.

- Dr Aderin-Pocock, who presents The Sky at Night, took on the role at the University of Leicester this month.

- Naomi Rowe-Gurney, 32, a former student at the university, said she had been inspired by Dr Aderin-Pocock's career.

2. Spaceport Cornwall focuses on growth after Virgin Orbit blow

- Spaceport Cornwall has said it is working with other space flight firms after Virgin Orbit said it would be pausing operations.

- Virgin Orbit attempted to launch satellites from a plane which flew from the Spaceport near Newquay in January.

- Cornwall Council, which owns the Spaceport, said its "focus" was to "continue to grow".

3. Robot arm would grab a defunct British satellite from orbit

- The Astroscale-UK company has unveiled its concept to remove a defunct British satellite from orbit.

- The Oxfordshire-based company wants to send up a sophisticated robot arm to grab hold of the dead hardware.- This junk would then be sent downwards to burn up in the atmosphere.

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