SpaceCraft
SpaceCraft makes it easier for organisations to create space-flight equipment and conduct space experiments, and enables students and companies to develop practical engineering skills.
Providing facilities
The technical facilities are available for smaller companies to collaborate and make space-related prototypes.
Hands-on training
Developing new, hands-on training courses in practical space engineering skills, techniques and processes - helping to tackle the regional and national shortage of skilled space technicians and engineers.
Space engineers
SpaceCraft has two dedicated space engineers to provide resource to kick-start work with regional companies, institutions and colleges. Groups looking to create innovative new space projects can work with the space engineers who will provide support with early design, development and prototyping.
The space engineers will act as a conduit to better connect companies venturing into the space sector with existing specialised assembly and test facilities, not just at Surrey but at other companies in the Space South Central region such as Airbus, SSTL and In-Space Missions.
Meet the team
To find out more about how you can participate in SpaceCraft, please email SpaceCraft@surrey.ac.uk highlighting your areas of interest.
Paul Morris - Chief Engineer
With more than 30 years in the space sector, Paul has extensive experience in space engineering and making space flight equipment. He started as an apprentice at the Royal Aerospace Establishment, and his career has spanned time at QinetiQ and Airbus. An experienced ESA operator, inspector and trainer, Paul is on hand to support SpaceCraft users in taking forward their space engineering projects.
Professor Keith Ryden
Keith heads up Surrey Space Centre, the world-renowned space research centre which specialises in space applications, exploration and instrumentation and which spun out Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.
An expert in the impact of space radiation and its effects, Keith has extensive experience in running or supporting projects for organisations including ESA, NASA and the UK Met Office. He has public and private sector space experience, with special expertise in designing and building novel radiation instruments, several of which have been launched into orbit over the years, with some important missions still on-going.
Dedicated space engineers
Dedicated space engineers help regional companies, institutions and colleges with early design, development and prototyping of innovative new space projects.
Training courses
SpaceCraft is developing new training courses in practical space engineering skills, techniques and processes. These courses will spread knowledge about how to build and test space equipment and instruments.
The University of Surrey has several decades of experience in providing space-related training and running practical hands-on projects with students. This approach will now be extended to local further education colleges so they can add practical space skills to their student training.
If you would like to know more about courses we will be running, then please get in touch at SpaceCraft@surrey.ac.uk..
SpaceCraft Facilities
Surrey Space Centre provides technical facilities so smaller companies can collaborate and make space-related prototypes.
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Spacecraft is funded by the UK Space Agency and the University of Surrey through our regional space cluster, Space South Central.