26 January 2022
IAF President calls for greater global cooperation
... our future challenges on Earth," she told delegates. Ehrenfreund said space applications had become “an integral part of our daily lives” and, as a result, the space sector is increasingly integrated with other economic sectors. “There are numerous...
08 December 2020
First ever COVID-19 drug research in space through ICE Cubes
...-to-end ICE Cubes service is developed and operated by Space Applications Services NV/SA (Belgium) to simplify access to space for research and technology, through a partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA). Since its start, the service has...
February 2018
European centre shifts emphasis to deep space missions
... are aimed at bridging the gap between science and operations, and looking for simultaneous Earth/Space applications During an EVA, astronauts work in a stressful environment performing complex tasks, so a high level of training is one of the...
14 June 2019
First experiments on Chinese Space Station announced
... cells, and researching and testing of the next generation of cooling systems for space applications. These will all take up residence on the China Space Station (CSS), which in its basic configuration, consists of a Core Module (CM), an Experiment...
20 May 2022
Outer Space - future for humankind issues of law and policy
... contemporary writing on space law is the fact that existing space law – as enshrined in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty and its offshoots – is not directly applicable to many of today’s promised space applications. Moreover, new space laws are unlikely...
23 March 2026
Introduction to Space Law (Fifth Edition)
...resources (commercial mining vs. the ‘province of all mankind’ principle); and a number of other space applications. Importantly, there are also chapters on space debris and long-term sustainability, and on planetary protection, although they provide...
