30 May 2018
China opens up its space station to the world
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and China’s Manned Space Agency (CMSA) have invited applications from United Nations Member States to conduct experiments on-board China’s Space Station (CSS). In 2016 UNOOSA and CMSA signed...
14 June 2019
First experiments on Chinese Space Station announced
...becomes operational. The selection was jointly implemented by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) and announced at this years Committee on the Peaceful Uses Of Outer Space held in Vienna...
January 2017
UN strategy lifts capacity for non-spacefaring countries
... endeavour, and we at the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs are looking forward to bringing the benefits of this partnership to many all around the world. About the author Simonetta Di Pippo has been Director of UNOOSA since 2014 and was...
August 2018
Flouting the rules on satellite registrations
...creates. The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), which discharges the duty of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, established and maintains a central register of space objects. Nominally, the registration of space objects...
May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
...consent under international law in the context of the United Nations Charter and the Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (ARSIWA). The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), states that 1400 objects...
October 2020
Essential role of satellites in disaster and pandemic management
... organisation – but to ensure timely action, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNOSAT) are also authorised to activate the Charter upon large-scale disasters. Since...
