October 2017
Asgardia celebrates its first birthday
...the same time, Asgardia will work on achieving mutual recognition with Earthly states, achieving recognition by the United Nations, setting up embassies and establishing diplomatic relationships. A community leader selection process is also under way...
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 ...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, prior to the Demo-2 flight test. Space law and health governance The United Nations space law treaties do not specifically address matters of public health. Even so, in 1959, the predecessor of the UN Committee...
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...
October 2020
Morality, rights and responsibilities in space
... or groups outside of political or corporate entities. While more noted for being ignored than followed, the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights is one of the most important documents in human history. The Declaration recognises...
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...
