October 2025
What future for UK human spaceflight?
... and private-sector momentum, the UK’s human spaceflight programme is entering a critical phase. Strategic investment and international cooperation will be essential to ensure that British astronauts continue to fly and perhaps one day walk on the...
12 June 2017
US spy satellite buzzes ISS
... that such a close approach of a high profile object like the ISS is politically risky too. “As the ISS is an international cooperation which includes two parties (the United States and the Russian Federation) that are currently geopolitically...
07 November 2018
China unveils its new space station 'Heavenly Palace'
...operation since 1998 and has become a symbol for international cooperation between the world’s largest space-faring nations. ...Bill Ostrove, space analyst with US-based Forecast International consultancy. "Many countries, and increasingly private...
22 October 2021
Nanoracks announces plans to launch its orbital space station, Starlab, in 2027
... says their own orbiting outpost will nearly double the useable volume of the International Space Station. Although the ISS has been a beacon of international cooperation between space agencies since it became operational in 2009, reports suggest the...
16 September 2024
IAF announces exciting programme for IAC in Milan
... astronauts on Public Day, 18 October, is a must-see event, promising to deliver groundbreaking perspectives on the future of international cooperation. The IAC 2024 Special Sessions will feature interactive and creative formats such as fishbowls...
04 November 2025
IAC 2025 heralds new era in space sustainability
... Award, bestowed to Jeff Bezos of Blue Origin and the Chang’e 6 Mission (team category). The IAF Excellence in International Cooperation Award was presented to Pascale Ehrenfreund, President of COSPAR and Research Professor of Space Policy and...
