January 2022
Earth - no longer humanity’s only home
... broader use of the Station as an orbital science laboratory, and the space transportation systems being developed by the international partners will make it possible for others to invest in Earth orbit capabilities. Axiom will fly a private crew...
September 2023
Space sustainability and the global commons
... by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means but it leaves it to the Moon Agreement to set out an International Regime for commercial uses of resources from the Moon and other celestial bodies. A level playing field...
May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
...)? UNOOSA was constituted as a part of the UN in 1958, 14 years after the formation of ICAO. Its purpose was to promote international cooperation in the peaceful use and exploration of space, and in the utilisation of space science and technology for...
February 2016
Innovations in human astronautics
.... It’s difficult to say what fate awaits the ISS after 2024 - everything depends on the decisions made by the international partners. Based on today’s needs and forecasts, it is an educated guess that the orbital station will remain as a laboratory...
November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
... EDEN ISS consortium defined six objectives: Manufacturing a space analogue mobile test facility Integration and test of an International Standard Payload Rack plant cultivation system for future tests on-board ISS and a Future Exploration Greenhouse...
October 2018
Funding the space frontier – a moment that changed the Universe
... become historical footnotes to those in that future. Be they images of commercial space cargo ships docking with the International Space Station, or video clips of re-useable or privately funded rocket ships landing on pillars of flame, they are and...
