5 astronauts and the live link to the Space Station

Following the huge success of their first two series - Edinburgh: Space Data Capital and Scotland's Secret Space Race, Kim McAllister and Dr Murray Collins are back and this time they're going UK-wide.

They begin with a big bang - a live link to the astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

Both Kim and Murray were key players in the project which brought schools from Scotland, Ecuador and Houston, Texas together to ask Shannon Walker and Kate Rubins questions about life aboard the ISS.

Also in this episode, they chat to astronaut Greg Johnson and Director of the Rice Space Institute, Professor David Alexander.

Watch the two hour event HERE

Great British Lift Off is a Connect production sponsored by The Science and Technology Facilities Council and the Data Driven Innovation Programme.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council part of UK Research and Innovation  is proud to co-sponsor The Great British Lift-off.
As well as leading on UK space missions, we support business-driven innovation, by opening our doors to companies of all sizes. We offer access to our facilities, equipment, expertise and networks to accelerate the route to market for new disruptive technologies up in space and down on earth. Your partner in space. 

For more about how we support business:

• Edinburgh: http://higgscentre.org/
• Harwell Space Cluster: https://www.harwellcampus.com/space-cluster/
• ESA BIC UK: esa-bic.org.uk

 Th Data Driven Innovation initiative is delivered by the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University for the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal. We are an innovation network helping organisations tackle challenges for industry and society by doing data right to support Edinburgh in its ambition to become the data capital of Europe.