In this episode of the Knowledge Exchange Podcast, we speak with Dr Michael Mulvihill, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow at Teesside University. Michael discusses his research into how vast infrastructures — from nuclear deterrence systems to space surveillance technologies — shape everyday life and wider society. Focusing on his work with RAF Fylingdales, a ballistic missile early warning and space-tracking station in North Yorkshire, he explores the intersections of defence, technology and culture, and considers the local and global implications of space security.