April 2021
Norway’s pioneering use of microsatellites
... in-orbit experiments, delivering benefits for synergies between the payloads to create a collaborative platform for the multi-national experimental team. Even small space nations can take a leading role in niche areas in which they have a particular...
02 January 2018
2017 - What a year!
... universe after a 'cold spot' anomaly was found in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation. The Asgardia space nation has its first ‘territory’ in orbit around Earth following the launch of its Asgardia-1 satellite in November and...
February 2017
Growing space agency dilemma
... identified above. Its most vital role would then to be to energise the hundreds of thousands of ‘citizens’ of the Asgardia space nation to make sure that funding necessary to protect Earth and humanity from very real cosmic hazards is provided...
October 2020
Is NASA’s Artemis Accords agreement Moon-proof?
... it forms the basis for exploration of outer space by nations. In contrast, the Moon Treaty of 1979 had only seven ratifications and no major space faring power ratified it. It is generally felt that space faring nations did not want to sign the Moon...
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...
