July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... apply to activities in lunar orbit, the surface of the Moon and beyond. The ISS is seen as a perfect example of international cooperation. Here, during some down time, ESA’s Thomas Pesquet ‘carries’ NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei on his...
March 2015
Russia and safe space initiatives
.... That is why Russia is eager to promote initiatives that prohibit weaponization of space and help develop international cooperation. Resolution on first placement Among those is the resolution on No First Placement of Arms in Outer Space, presented...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... states: “All space actors must behave responsibly to ensure sustainable use of outer space. For this again, international cooperation is necessary and advanced space-faring nations should consider capacity building for the long-term sustainability...
September 2016
URBOCOP: saving planet Earth
... in Earth orbit. In order to create an effective form of protection against space risks, it’s necessary to ensure close international cooperation. Any unilateral action by a single country, even the richest or the most technologically advanced, can...
May 2022
Multinational training for interplanetary spaceflight crews
... and Psychophysiology at IBMP of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He has extensive experience in establishing international cooperation for international experiments Mars-500, space experiments aboard the ISS involving the European, Canadian, Chinese...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
...to the political aspects of any activity in or to do with outer space. No activity escapes politics, not even international cooperation in space science. Who cooperates with whom, why, and on what terms is political and not necessarily something that...