January 2022
International cooperation - the key to survival on Earth and in space
... Transfer Vehicle (HTV). After his mission, he chaired the technical committee of the second EU-ESA Space Exploration Conference in Brussels in 2010. Frank became Head of ESA’s European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany in August 2012. Since 2017...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... life on Earth. Space sustainability is undoubtedly a topic of growing importance, as shown by the amount of attention given to it at space conferences in the past few years. The term “space sustainability” has only come into general use within ...
May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
As widely reported in various issues of ROOM, many current international space conferences cover the important topic of space sustainability, and space experts devote many hours to space debris mitigation or ...
September 2024
Hypersonics and the route to orbit
... a two-stage horizontal launch and landing vehicle, has been raising its profile recently at major international conferences and exhibitions, including IAC 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The company also enjoyed a high-profile presence in the...
October 2025
What future for UK human spaceflight?
.... After years of non-participation in human spaceflight (HSF), the image of the four astronauts attending the UK Space Conference (UKSC) in Manchester this summer was a huge contrast to the pre-2009 situation. Historically, the UK has been...
November 2025
Extra-terrestrial Skyring: managing space debris with an artificial planetary ring
... to Earth within an approximately 25-year timeframe. Addressing the 2024 Management and Sustainability of Outer Space Activities conference in Lisbon, Portugal, the Director of UNOOSA, Aarti Holla-Maini, stated: “Unlike the gradual crisis of climate...
