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...
March 2019
Urgent action needed to avert space debris threat
As of late 2018 the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) reported that there were 4,857 satellites in orbit, representing an increase of 4.79 percent compared to 2017. The fact is that space is already crowded - and it’s getting ...
