July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
...’ is covered in s1(4) and covers the launching (or procurement of the launch or return to Earth) of a space object, operating a space object or any activity in outer space. ROOM magazine is cited by MP John Hayes during the British Parliament debate...
June 2019
The challenge of planetary protection
... shall bear international responsibility for national activities in outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, whether..., and does not protect Earth from man-made space objects (i.e. space debris) or from the impact of large asteroids ...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... sites on the Moon – given the presence of numerous historically significant satellites and objects in LEO and the growing risk of collisions with other space objects, and the immense historical significance of the Apollo landing sites and artefacts...
September 2023
India signs up to the Artemis Accords
...comply with the rescue and return agreement as outlined in the Outer Space Treaty. 5. Registration of Objects: registration of space objects (on the surface, in orbit or in space) by signatory nations can help to mitigate risk of harmful interference...
May 2025
A time zone for the Moon
... has therefore instructed NASA to develop a unified time standard for the Moon and other space objects. Kevin Hawkins, head of NASA’s space communications and navigation department, draws a figurative analogy between an atomic clock at the US Naval...
29 March 2018
China's Tiangong-1 space lab is destined for Earth, soon!
... spoiling your enjoyment of the find. Secondly, according to the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, which provides the basic framework on international space law, a country’s space object is their legal property. Therefore China still has claims to it, even...
