NESST

Our North East Space Skills and Technology Centre will be a state of the art £50M facility developed by Northumbria, with investment from the UK Space Agency and the space and satellite division of industry giant Lockheed Martin. NESST will house world-leading space experts and unite industry with academia, to transform the UK space economy. We are ready to collaborate with you on innovative research, technological developments, and in-demand skills provision.

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£50M SPACE SKILLS, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

James McLaughlin

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FIND OUT ABOUT OUR RANGE OF SPACE EXPERTS. →

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Collaborate with us and become part of a growing and evolving worldwide space network. →

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READ MORE ABOUT SPACE AT NORTHUMBRIA

Becoming the home of space research →

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CURRENT SPACE RESEARCH

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OUR FACILITIES

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NEXT GENERATION SPACE INNOVATION

WE ARE ENERGISING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SPACE INNOVATION →

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IN THE NEWS

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10 Dec 2025

Funding awarded for innovative space technology projects

The North East Space Communications Accelerator (N...

Exterior of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii. Credit: NSF/NSO/AURA

23 Oct 2025

Discovery of elusive solar waves that could power the Sun's corona

Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in solar...

Rocket before launch into orbit

13 Oct 2025

Northumbria University receives further funding after testing Blood Fl...

Equipment developed by researchers at Northumbria...

Dr Charlotte Götz and Dr Helen Williams from Northumbria University.

15 Sep 2025

Northumbria researchers announced as winners of Future Leaders Fellows...

Two talented researchers from Northumbria Universi...

Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket launch complex, Andøya, Norway, which Dr Pete Howson visisted as part of his research

23 Jul 2025

Supporting the ethical development of UK spaceports

A Northumbria University academic is helping to en...

Northumbria's Dr Rida Zia-ul-Mustafa, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Free-Space, pictured testing one of the CubeSats.

15 Jul 2025

CubeSat mission a step closer to blast off as industry invited to join...

A consortium of academic and industry partners has...

09 Jun 2025

Northumbria students selected for prestigious space weather summer sch...

Two PhD students from Northumbria University are t...

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08 May 2025

Satellites observe glacier committing “ice piracy”

A glacier in Antarctica is committing “ice piracy”...

Dr Henrik Melin pictured with a life-sized replica of one of the Webb telescope’s 18 individual hexagonal mirrored panels. Image credit: Barry Pells/Northumbria University.

26 Mar 2025

Deep space telescope captures Neptune’s auroras for the first time

Scientists from Northumbria University are part of...

Professor John Woodward, Northumbria University, being presented with the Education Champion Award by Andy Dunn, CG Professional, at the Northern Leaders Awards

28 Jan 2025

Education Champion Award for Northumbria academic with stellar vision

Professor John Woodward has been named Education C...

10 Jan 2025

Northumbria space physicist honoured by Royal Astronomical Society

Dr John Coxon, esteemed member of Northumbria Univ...

The UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM), based at Northumbria University, has been awarded over £400,000 by the European Space Agency to investigate tipping points in the Earth’s icy regions with a focus on the Antarctic. Photo by Professor Andrew Shepherd.

17 Dec 2024

Researchers awarded funding to investigate critical climate tipping po...

The UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling...

Jupiter with a spot visible at the south pole

04 Dec 2024

Magnetic tornado is stirring up the haze at Jupiter’s poles

While Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has been a constant...

Jing Jiang and Eamon Scullion, pictured holding cube sats

29 Oct 2024

Satellites could hold the key to keeping the lights turned on

Extreme weather is becoming more common around the...

magnetic waves from the solar corona are visisble

03 Oct 2024

First successful routine measurements of Sun’s magnetic field in the c...

A team of scientists have successfully carried out...

Dr Julia Stawarz

30 Sep 2024

Northumbria academic receives prestigious award for space research

A Northumbria University space researcher has rece...

Times Modern University of Year

19 Sep 2024

The Times and The Sunday Times name Northumbria ‘Modern University of...

Northumbria University has once again been recogni...

NESST vision achieves regional business recognition for Pro-Vice-Chancellor

19 Aug 2024

NESST vision achieves regional business recognition for Pro-Vice-Chanc...

Judges at the North East Business Awards have name...

Dr Kirsty Lindsay

02 Jul 2024

Volunteers to play their part in improving astronaut health

Visitors to Newcastle’s Life Science Centre will h...

24 Jun 2024

Telescope reveals unexpected activity above Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

It is Jupiter’s most recognisable feature – a stor...

Dr Steph Yardley

27 May 2024

Mystery of ‘slow’ solar wind unveiled by Solar Orbiter mission

Scientists have come a step closer to identifying...

17 Apr 2024

EXPERT COMMENT: The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Eart...

In this article originally written for The Convers...

the planet Saturn

20 Mar 2024

Telescope to provide insight into Solar System lightshows

A Planetary Astronomer who has spent more than two...

12 Jan 2024

Solar physicist honoured by Royal Astronomical Society

A Northumbria University scientist, who is develop...

Luke Hughes Space Health

13 Dec 2023

Safeguarding the health of astronauts at Northumbria University

Space health experts at Northumbria University hav...

an image of the planet Uranus

31 Oct 2023

Uranus aurora discovery promises new riches from James Webb Space Tele...

After more than 30 years scientists have finally b...

22 Oct 2023

Northumbria welcomes Secretary of State for Education

The Secretary of State for Education, the Rt Hon G...

An image of the Earth with satellite debris circling it

19 Oct 2023

Satellite swarm to provide ‘missing link’ between space weather and sp...

Satellite technology developed by Northumbria Univ...

Dr Juna Sathian pictured sitting down next to a MASER device

15 Oct 2023

Top award for physicist’s research breakthrough

A Northumbria University academic is part of a tea...

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