May 2025
A time zone for the Moon
... of celestial navigation and astrodynamics. In an attempt to rectify the situation, and in collaboration with Asgardia the space nation, which was formed in 2016, I have developed an astrocentric, fixed-standard, 13-month reference calendar. This...
March 2026
The imagined sky – power, inequality and the future of space sustainability
... licensing expectations, strengthening environmental obligations and increasing capacity-building support for emerging space nations. It also involves ensuring Global South perspectives remain central in negotiations around spectrum, debris...
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...
29 March 2018
Australis Oscar 5
... dismiss this quirky little book as a slightly amateurish project from a group of former university students in a following space nation. A quick flick-through reveals images of circuit boards, dubious looking antenna facilities and balloon launches...
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 ...
