The Industrial Solutions Hub (ISH), an enterprise social value initiative based in Cleaton Moor, Cumbria held a Space Event week starting on 26th June the aims of which were to explore the opportunities in the Space industry that West Cumbria, with it’s skills and expertise especially in nuclear work, could exploit and also to make young people aware of future Space opportunities and the NSC and some members were there to support it.

The third Space Cluster meeting was held at Daresbury on May 25th 2023.  Following an introduction by Alan Cross, Paul Vernon the Head of Daresbury Laboratory described the fantastic facilities at the Laboratory and some of the ground breaking work being done there.   Alan Cross then explained how the industry had expanded in the region over the first year of the Cluster’s existence and some of the successes. 

The UCLan Engineering Innovation Centre (EIC) in Preston was the venue for the second meeting of the North West Space Cluster on the 23rd February.

The National Conference of the UK Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (UKSEDS) was held over the weekend of March 4th/5th 2023 at Manchester University.

As part of developing our region’s Space environment The Northern Space Consortium (NSC) has always supported student space societies.  So the NSC was very happy to support the first UKSEDS North and East Cluster Conference that was held on 4th February in the University of Liverpool.