September 2017
Space nation set to mark its presence in orbit
... of the infinite universe.” Asgardia is working to establish a legitimate, independent first space nation, which will be recognised by states on Earth and the United Nations. Whilst “facing towards space and its own future development”, Dr Ashurbeyli...
November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
...member of Space Security Task Force and Sub-committee on Space Industry of National Space Policy Committee of Japan. He has served as a member of the Panel of Experts on Iran sanctions at the United Nations. He also helped draft the Basic Space Law.
November 2019
Mexico’s path to space
... Mexico needed an organisation responsible for conducting a national space programme The Mexican space agency (AEM -... Paraguay and many others. Mexico is an important actor in United Nations space activities. For instance, in 2018, Mexico chaired the ...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... only debris mitigation activity of any significance until 1994, when the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) first considered space debris as a priority item. In 1999...
April 2024
ROOM at the 74th International Astronautical Congress
...to understanding or action. For example, many presenters threw in the acronym SDG (with reference to the United Nations’ 17 sustainable development goals) as if it’s as common as IT, ISS or LEO. One proposal in a ‘sustainability session’ even pitched...
March 2026
The imagined sky – power, inequality and the future of space sustainability
... on Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society in Vienna hosted by the Square Kilometre Array Observatory/United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (SKAO/UNOOSA) in December 2025. Concerns about the space environment continue to be addressed...
