* Astronomy

Undergraduates at the University of Leicester are on target to design, build and launch a student satellite on a real space mission.
Yhey have taken delivery of the main body of the satellite donated by Loughborough-based engineering company Magna Parva. The project will result in the satellite going into orbit in mid 2009.
 20 students in the renowned Department of Physics and Astronomy are involved in the mission to detect space dust.  

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