TY - JOUR AB - NEsw E lairotid UK joins Russia for a Year of Space Where will the A year of events focusing on col- Another experiment between King­ a Gagarin’s­ eye­ view of the historic laboration between UK and Rus- ston University and the Russian Fed­ first space flight in 1961, at the British geophysicists sian space scientists was launched eral Space Agency Roscosmos will Embassy in Moscow in April 2011, on 22 February. look at how fluids behave in micro­ and the Royal Shakespeare Com­ come from? UK Minister for Universities and gravity. Research will be carried out pany will stage a play about Sergei Sue Bowler, Science David Willetts said of the simultaneously on board the Inter­ Korolev, the Soviet rocket engineer Editor U K–Russia Year of Space 2011: national Space Station and in schools whose expertise led to the successful We all know “We already have a history of space in the UK and Russia, giving young launch of Sputnik in 1957. that money research collaboration with Russia, people the chance to get involved in ● Look out for “Rockets for Yuri”, and I hope this partnership will lead the real scientific process. part of the UK’s YuriGagarin50 is TI - Lawrence sheds light on how STFC allocates astronomy grants JF - Astronomy & Geophysics DO - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2011.52204_3.x DA - 2011-04-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/lawrence-sheds-light-on-how-stfc-allocates-astronomy-grants-VNOMZ2Xl4c SP - 2.4 EP - 2.4 VL - 52 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -