October 2020
Connecting the global space community
... 65 countries have satellites in space and more than 50 percent of all space missions are conducted on the basis of international cooperation. The IAF is at the heart of this evolution with its worldwide and diverse membership and recognises...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... be established through the extraterritorial reach of human rights values and principles. This has been established under international customary law – the UN Charter, the UDHR, and the Articles of State Responsibility – which provide that when...
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...
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...
