About us

Space Rocks is a celebration of space exploration and the art, music, and culture it inspires. It’s our belief that there’s never been a more exciting time in humanity’s quest to understand our place in the universe, looking both outwards into the solar system and the stars and galaxies beyond, and back at the precious planet we all call home.

It isn’t just about great science and technology. From film to music to literature and beyond, the space age we’re living in has been fuelling imaginations for decades: a prime example was the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission to catch a comet which sparked new creative connections around the world. It also brought the creative team behind Space Rocks together: publishing and event veterans Alexander Milas, James Isaacs, and John O’Sullivan, and senior advisor for science and exploration at ESA, Mark McCaughrean. 

To capture and expand that excitement, we are now bringing it all under one roof in an endeavour we call Space Rocks, an opportunity for space and culture to come together to inform, entertain, and inspire a new generation of explorers.

We made our world debut in 2018 with an all-day event at the Indigo at the O2 Arena in London – it sold out and subsequently won Best Event at the 2018 Progressive Music Awards. More followed that year, including a collaboration with Latitude Festival and a hosted stage at ESA’s ESTEC facility in The Netherlands for their annual Open Day attended by over 7,000 people. Then 2019 saw a second all-day flagship event at the Indigo and another award, this time the British Interplanetary Society’s Sir Arthur Clarke award for Best Education & Outreach Team.

The start of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in 2020 led to the launch of Uplink, a weekly livestream that has hosted scientists, actors, astronauts, artists, musicians, Nobel Prize-winners, and many more of the great and good from the wider creative and scientific fields. They’ve helped us stay connected with our wonderful audience during a challenging time for many.

And as we look to the future, new live events beckon, taking Space Rocks across Europe and perhaps beyond, along with new ways to collaborate, illuminate, and inspire important thoughts about the cosmos around us and our place in it.

Alexander Milas
Twin V Ltd

Mark McCaughrean
European Space Agency