Saturday 1 July saw the successful launch of ESA’s Euclid spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, starting an ambitious six-year mission to explore the composition and evolution of the dark Universe. 

Skills and innovation were the focus for Minister of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, George Freeman, as he met with Space South Central businesses and academics in Guildford on Thursday (22 June 2023).