May 2026
Focusing the world on planetary defence
...organisations must re-evaluate current approaches, prioritising sustainability and peace over conflict and aggression. Space exploration should inspire nations to work together, driving innovation that benefits humanity and safeguards both our cosmic...
14 October 2016
Asgardia welcomes over 100,000 citizen applications in 48 hours and announces new million target
...’s announcement that Igor Ashurbeyli and a team of scientists from around the world will create the first Space Nation, 100,000 people immediately applied for citizenship of Asgardia, smashing its target within 48 hours. In response, Dr Ashurbeyli...
16 January 2019
China unveils future space plans
..., with the help of countries such as Russia, Germany and France. International cooperation between the world’s leading space-nations was a central theme to the CNSA press conference, with Wu reiterating the importance of countries pushing forward the...
August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
... platforms, data analytics tools and subscriptions via the Internet. Space nations 2015 was a record year for venture capital investment in space. Whether they are veterans in space activities (China or India) or newcomers deciding to have their own...
January 2021
Asgardia’s project for a new module to expand Space Station
... - elements that could form the basis of the space nation’s future Earth Ark. Consortium The consortium behind this ... would like to emphasise the following: as a digital space nation Asgardia is not yet formally recognised by earthly states and ...
May 2022
China’s international collaboration in space: an evolving approach from the Middle Kingdom
... or EU (ESA) for large projects. But for emerging space nations that are less aligned with the west, there is another ...Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. If ESA, or individual European space nations, were considering signing up to ILRS before, this seems...
