October 2015
Baikonur, Kibo and beyond: Japan’s leading role in space
... beyond our expertise at the moment - it takes over three hundred days to get there and back. Thus, international cooperation is essential. Hayabusa-2 is on its way to a C-type asteroid, which is believed to contain water and organic matter Watching...
February 2018
Our space future lies in innovation
... some six billion people to high speed internet, it is clear that satellites are very useful for connectivity. International cooperation beyond 2030 will evolve around the journey to Mars Space also plays a very significant role in Earth...
September 2019
A new era in planetary defence missions
... goals identified as the highest priority for the US planetary defence efforts. NASA’s DART mission is fully committed to international cooperation, and Hera team members are full members of the DART team. The desk-sized 1.1 x 1.6 x 1.7 metre (plus...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... span of a generation, resolved to prevent such events from ever occurring again through international cooperation. Accordingly, this international commitment led to the creation of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), articulating...
November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
...on by the SDGs, the Space 2030 Agenda and UNOOSA’s Space4SDGs. Furthermore, OST Articles X and XI promote “international cooperation” between States, which is central to increasing the accessibility of outer space to all States and ensuring that they...
October 2017
Back to the future - heeding the lessons of history
... legislative and financial support from governments around the world. Large-scale space habitation will require international cooperation, investment and much more innovation in equipment and life support systems before humans can live safely...
