March 2015
Russia and safe space initiatives
... to walk on the moon in 1969 as part of the Apollo 11 mission, inspiring generations of astronauts and subsequently giving the United States the lead in the Space Race The voting result has confirmed that the Russian initiative on preventing...
August 2016
Commercial space development spurs trend for public-private collaboration
... about other countries adopting similar laws. The reason for the adoption of these laws is clear. The United States and Luxembourg are leading the discussion and creating a fertile environment for their nations to reap the...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... space activity was the preserve of two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. The creation of a consensus within... far only met with limited international acceptance. The United States, Russia and China continue to ignore its existence,...
September 2023
India signs up to the Artemis Accords
...) in Dubai. The initial eight countries (Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States) have gradually grown and on 22 June 2023, India brought the total to 27 countries. Partnership...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
.... An examination of commercially available data shows that most of these constellations are operated by companies in the United States, but there are also constellation operators in Russia, China and Europe. Telecommunications is the biggest single...
May 2018
Taxation of outer space: a next step for space exploration?
...provisions enacted over half a century ago. Into this general silence falls the US Space Act which states: “A United States citizen engaged in commercial recovery of an asteroid resource or a space resource under this chapter shall be entitled to any...
