We’re co-hosting a session at ESA’s annual 2020 Open Day this weekend on Sunday 4th October! The annual ESA Open Day usually takes place at their ESTEC (European Space Research and Technology Centre) HQ in the Netherlands. But due to coronavirus restrictions, this year the......

RESCHEDULED! Due to last week’s internet blackout in LA, we’ll be re-joined on Friday 25th September for Uplink 24: The Politics of Real and Fictional Worlds with award-winning The Expanse actor Shohreh Aghdashloo. We’ll be discussing how sci-fi can help highlight real-world social issues. Starting......

Join us on Friday 4th September for Uplink 23: The Struggle For Space: all the hot topics and the challenges facing us as we reach for the stars. We’ll be joined by space warfare expert, Bleddyn Bowen and satellite launch and space activities expert Jonathan......

We’re thrilled to announce that Uplink continues this Friday, August 14th at 12pm PDT / 8pm BST / 9pm CEST with a truly blockbuster conversation about space pilots real and fictional with ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and Battlestar Galactica actor Katee Sackhoff.   To watch,......

Join us on Friday 7th July for Uplink 21 – a space poetry special! We’ll be welcoming solar physicist Lucie Green and poet and writer Simon Barraclough for a discussion on the literary inspiration of the cosmos. We’ll be live from 8pm (BST) / 9pm......

Many thanks to Uplink 20 guest, Ocean Scientist Hayley Evers-King with EUMETSAT for curating a special Enter Shikari playlist for Space Rocks to accompany Uplink 20 which you can listen to right here on the Space Rocks Spotify channel. You can also watch Uplink 20......

  The star of Discovery Channel’s Meteorite Men, he’s a Ted-talking authority on space rocks, and as resident meteorite export at the Space Lounge at Space Rocks London on Sunday April 22nd, we’re pretty pleased to report that he’s a rocker to boot.    How......

  He’ll be helping us separate science fact from fiction as a Session 2 panelist on April 22nd, but as astronomer, erstwhile ESA scientist and bestselling sci fi author Alastair Reynolds tells us, one doesn’t exist without the other.   When did you fall in......

When it comes to sci fi fans it doesn’t get more serious than Charlotte Hatherley. From playing guitar in Ash to making futuristic soundtracks to collaborating with Moon co-creator Gavin Rothery, you could say she’s the living embodiment of what Space Rocks is all about. ......

When it comes to giving space exploration a soundtrack, it doesn’t get much better than John Mitchell’s cosmic musical vision. His band Lonely Robot will be headlining our evening gig at Space Rocks on April 22nd.   Tell us about Lonely Robot… “It’s a vehicle......

When it comes to bringing space exploration down to earth Matt Taylor is a class act. He’ll be sharing his stunning experiences as a Session 1 panelist on April 22nd.   Tell us a little more about what you do. “I work for the science......

As down-to-earth astrophysicist Maggie Lieu reveals, the sky isn’t the limit when it comes to following your dreams. She’ll be sharing her cosmic experiences as Session 1 panelist on April 22nd.   Where are you at the minute? “I’m at ESAC, the European Space Astronomy Centre,......

In which Mark and Alex survey an incredible day at the London pilot event, with interviews from astronaut Tim Peake, extreme environments medic Beth Healey, science broadcaster Dallas Campbell, astrophysicist Maggie Lieu and meteorite expert Geoff Notkin, fresh from an adventure in the Sahara. Listen......

We’re hugely excited to announce that along with all the other great things we have going on at Space Rocks, we’ve started our very own podcast as a way of bringing you into our world. Episode One is hosted by Space Rocks’ Alexander Milas and......