September 2016
URBOCOP: saving planet Earth
... all have equal opportunity to protect our common planet and equal opportunities to explore new worlds. Igor Ashurbeyli is a scientist and a visionary, holding a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering. He founded Socium in 1988 - originally a small...
January 2023
Asgardia expands its reach
...-term spaceflight. During live broadcasts Asgardian residents had the opportunity to ask experts direct questions. Dr Igor Ashurbeyli with (from left) Mark Bogen, Minister of Finance, Daniel Ojdanic, Asgardian resident, Lena De Winne, Prime Minister...
September 2017
Space nation set to mark its presence in orbit
... the globe who logged into the live broadcast, Dr Ashurbeyli said the satellite is a first step to fulfilling his... space nation’s satellite to orbit in near record time.” Dr Ashurbeyli pictured with Ram Jakhu (left) and Jeffery Manber. After launch...
14 October 2016
Asgardia welcomes over 100,000 citizen applications in 48 hours and announces new million target
... will be made in due course, but meanwhile other new developments can be followed via its Twitterfeed: @AsgardiaSpace. Dr Ashurbeyli concludes,“one of the key motivations behind Asgardia has been to increase access to space for countries currently...
January 2018
Space nation's first orbiting satellite
...asteroids, solar flares, man-made space debris and other space hazards. These will be the precursor to Dr Ashurbeyli’s ultimate goal of creating permanent Asgardia settlements both in orbit and on the Moon. Asgardia’s approach is completely different...
25 June 2018
Head of first space nation says citizens will be in space within 25 years
... conventional smartphones. “Access to outer space should be a human right, beyond the control of any Earthly nation,” said Ashurbeyli and if Asgardia grows to incorporate 150 million citizens, it would make the space nation the twelfth largest...
