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3 April 2025- ISSDC Announcement!

3 April 2025 We are thrilled to announce the 12 students selected to represent the UK at the International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC), taking place in Florida at NASA this July! These students have demonstrated outstanding skills in engineering, teamwork, and problem-solving, earning their place in this prestigious global competition: Albert Poole Alessandro Payne […]

Happy Holidays from the SSEF

Wishing all our incredible supporters and volunteers a very Merry Christmas and a joyful holiday season! Thank you for your invaluable help and dedication throughout 2024, which has made this year such a success for the SSEF. We truly appreciate your hard work and passion, and we look forward to collaborating with you in 2025 […]

United Airlines and Space Science and Engineering Foundation announce an exciting partnership

We are thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership between the Space Science and Engineering Foundation and United Airlines. Starting in 2025, United Airlines will be the official sponsor of the UK team’s flights to the International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC) in Florida. This collaboration marks a significant milestone for our foundation, as it […]

Team UK Triumphs at NASA

Congratulations to the UKSDC team who travelled to Kennedy Space Center last week to participate in the International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC). The 12 students who formed ‘Team UK’ were selected after competing in the UK Regional and UK National Finals in Autumn 2023 and Spring 2024. The ambitious team were integrated into ‘Vulture’, […]

SSEF Mourns the Passing of Anita Gale

SSEF are saddened to hear of the passing of Anita Gale, co-founder of ISSDC, over the weekend. Anita spent her career inspiring young people around the world to pursue careers in science and space, and helped countless young girls discover their potential in technical fields. Anita will be greatly missed and her legacy will […]

Team Announcement 2024

In a change from last year, reserves are split into two categories. This will enable us to adhere to an earlier rooming deadline from the US. The team (in strictly alphabetical order!), is as follows: Beatrice Nield Ben Sanderson Caitlin Stevens Desmond Zee Jeremy Truman Miranda Box Molly Dathan Morgan Bleasedale Naman Malhotra Nell MclClachlan Thea […]

Students Reach for the Stars

Last weekend, London buzzed with innovation and determination as 260 students from across the UK gathered for the UK Space Design Competition (UKSDC) National Finals. Split into four companies, these bright minds embarked on an exhilarating journey to create a design for a Lunar Space Elevator and compete to win the contract from The Foundation […]

UKSDC National Finals 2024

Greetings, space enthusiasts and champions of knowledge! We’re absolutely elated to share the extraordinary news – congratulations to the incredible 268 students who have not only excelled but also secured their golden ticket to the highly anticipated UKSDC National Finals! Buckle up for an exhilarating two-day cosmic journey set against the iconic backdrop of London, […]

SSEF’s Stellar Journey to the International Space Settlement Design Competition

Report from SSEF’s, Sam Hession who accompanied the SSEF teams to the ISSDC 2023 Hey there, space enthusiasts! We at the Space Science and Engineering Foundation (SSEF) are over the moon (pun intended) to share our incredible adventure at the International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC), held in July 2023. Buckle up as we take you on […]

Team Announcement

We are pleased to announce that the following students will represent the UK at the International Space Settlement Design Competition to be held at the Kennedy Space Center in the summer – congratulations to the following students…..(N.B. all are listed in alphabetical order!) From Olympus Mons Trading Company (Winning Company) Sai Batchu Max Dawkins Maia […]

UKSDC Final 2023

UKSDC Finals 2023 Blog post The UKSDC Finals took place this weekend at the iconic Imperial College London. 248 15-18 year olds from more than 25 schools around the UK qualified last Autumn at one of the Regional heats for this exciting and challenging competition. Twelve students will be selected to represent the UK at […]

UK Space Week 2022

Our friends over at the Galactic Challenge have teamed up with the very inspiring and creative team from Baker Ross to celebrate Space Week 2022. This year World Space week is celebrating sustainability in space and sustainability from space and the competition is all about reusing and recycling your waste from home and using it […]

UK Team for the ISSDC

It was a really tough job to select who should go through to the ISSDC – so many of you have worked incredibly hard and put your heart and soul into the competition. We talked to the CEO’s, re-ran the presentations, and trawled through the Teams dialogue. We were lucky to have so many amazing […]

UKSDC Finals

Thank you to all the students, teachers and volunteers who helped make the UKSDC Finals such a fun event – especial gratitude goes to Theo and the RfP Committee for such an innovative scenario to work with; it is safe to say that they pushed your creativity to new boundaries, ‘where no man (or woman) […]