October 2019
Are we prepared for SETI discovery?
... jointly published a simple scale to evaluate the significance of the announcement in question. As it was presented at the International Astronautical Congress of 2000 in Rio de Janeiro, we proposed to call it the ‘Rio Scale’. Its purpose was simply...
January 2020
Open source space sustainability
... interest in the long-term sustainability of spaceflight On 21 October 2019, the opening day of the 70th International Astronautical Congress in Washington DC, ConsenSys Space released a prototype of TruSat, an experimental open source, open-sensor...
April 2020
Reviving Russia’s space programme
...In practical terms, this meant that Rogozin could not attend the Heads of Space Agencies plenary at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Bremen, Germany, in October 2018. Moreover, visa denials to Russian speakers at events in Europe and...
July 2020
Investigations into plant growth on the Moon
... from Microgravity Simulations and Earth Gravity” IAC-19-A2,4,11,x49538. Results were also discussed at the 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) at Washington, DC, USA, in October 2019. About the authors Funmilola Oluwafemi is a space bio...
September 2024
Space nation issues declaration of independence
... Opik, Dr Igor 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...
02 December 2014
Feats of humanity
... European parliament. Then, from 29 September to 3 October we participated in the 65th International Astronautical Congress in Toronto – the key annual International Astronautics Federation conference, which gathers leaders of the space industry and...
