September 2023
India signs up to the Artemis Accords
..., Mars, comets and asteroids. They were announced on 13 October 2020 during the 71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Dubai. The initial eight countries (Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, the...
October 2023
The multidisciplinary world of space habitation design
... in Dubai, at the Technical Session of the 65th General Assembly of UNOOSA in Vienna, and as an interactive presentation at the 73rd IAC in Paris. A follow-up research project has been funded with a research grant from the Office of Research and...
September 2024
Space nation issues declaration of independence
...Ashurbeyli, Lena De Winne and Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu. At a press conference during the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Baku, Azerbaijan, last October (2023), Dr Ashurbeyli announced that Asgardia was actively working towards recognition...
October 2025
What future for UK human spaceflight?
... outer layer of the spacesuit to be worn on NASA’s first Artemis mission to land humans on the lunar surface during IAC 2024 in Milan, Italy. At least three ESA astronauts will be assigned to three of the forthcoming Orion lunar flights...
September 2026
Ten years of Asgardia - from idea to nation
... questions that terrestrial political systems were never designed to answer. Asgardia at the International Astronauticial Congress (IAC) in Baku in 2024. Asgardia residents Ksenia Orlova (left), SIRIUS-23 crew member, with Victoria Kirichenko, SIRIUS...
October 2026
Stitching the Moonwalker – how AI, seamstresses and Prada are reinventing the spacesuit
... on the Moon, read displays and work during long spacewalks. Axiom lunar EVA suit as unveiled at the IAC in Milan in 2024. The astronaut wears Prada NASA selected aerospace company Axiom Space to develop the next...
