October 2020
Is NASA’s Artemis Accords agreement Moon-proof?
... Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies The Rescue Agreement of 1968 The Space Liability Convention of 1972 The Registration Convention of 1976 The Moon...
January 2019
Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began
... Hayabusa mission. Makoto is additionally interested in the issue of planetary defence, which concerns potential Earth impacts from celestial bodies. He is a member of the NEO (Near Earth Object) working group in the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs...
September 2016
Life in the extremes: confessions of an astrobiologist
... at University College London (UCL) where I learnt about the importance of geology in influencing the possibility of life forming on celestial bodies: from moons like our own giving planets stability and shielding them from asteroid collisions, and...
January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
... regard to the corresponding interests of all other States. States are prohibited from appropriating outer space and celestial bodies by any means. States are internationally responsible for national space activities and for assuring that space...
29 December 2021
China complains to UN after space station endures 'close encounters' with Starlink satellites
...-General of the United Nations of any phenomena they discover in outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, which could constitute a danger to the life or health of astronauts”. In accordance with the above-mentioned article, China...
June 2014
The peaceful use of space
... Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, conventionally known as the Outer Space Treaty. The Treaty, adopted in 1967 by broad consensus in the UN General Assembly...
