September 2023
India signs up to the Artemis Accords
... the United Nations 1967 Outer Space Treaty (OST) but entirely independent of it, they specify 10 principles for international cooperation in the civil exploration of the Moon, Mars, comets and asteroids. They were announced on 13 October 2020 during...
14 April 2017
The Development and Prospect of China's Space Activities, the importance of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group, and the Role of African Space Nations in Global Space Exploration at GLEX 2017
... space nations advance, they draw experience and enthusiasm from the faring space nations, proving that international cooperation is key in advancing any space programme. Space exploration projects are capital-intensive! Heads of African Space...
November 2020
Space medicine and terrestrial health care
... have the potential to improve medical care systems for the population of our own nation and to develop international cooperation in the field of practical health care. It is critical to commission social services, in the broadest sense of the word...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... and an additional nine in February 2018. The 21 guidelines covered the four areas of policy and regulation, safety, international cooperation, and scientific/technical R&D (see table). Hard law versus soft law The development of the LTSG inevitably...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
... that it provides the data required by the user. This approach also gives Europe an excellent opportunity for international cooperation with the global scientific community and in the area of technological development. GOCE: Launched in 2009, the...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
..., it is interesting to ask whether urgent global challenges such as climate change and space debris can help drive international cooperation in space. The world has already seen 1.2 degrees Celsius of warming and is well on its way to two degrees...
