04 November 2025
IAC 2025 heralds new era in space sustainability
... human long-duration spaceflight. Across sessions, the theme “Sustainable Space: Resilient Earth” took center stage, expanding beyond planetary sustainability to include the sustainability of life beyond Earth. A unifying message emerged: the urgent...
May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
...in various issues of ROOM, many current international space conferences cover the important topic of space sustainability, and space experts devote many hours to space debris mitigation or removal. Space professionals and some governments are eagerly...
May 2024
Prioritising space solutions to accelerate sustainable development
.... The science is there, and the technologies are there. Space is a key piece of the sustainable development puzzle that urgently needs slotting into place. COPUOS seeks to develop space sustainability frameworks Editor’s note: This article is based...
14 June 2021
G7 nations commit to the safe and sustainable use of space
..., even if the outcomes of our inactions today may only become apparent in the future,” he says. “While space sustainability has been a topic of discussion among academics and technologists for decades, the importance of protecting Earth's orbital...
24 June 2022
UK to lead review of space legislation and financial support for debris removal
... of initiatives to help protect the increasingly crowded near-Earth orbital environment. Its ‘Plan for Space Sustainability’ includes a review of secondary legislation and associated regulations, with a specific focus on orbital constellations which...
April 2024
Building the future of space manufacturing
... success of AMIA and the APCI. They are committed to building a prosperous space manufacturing ecosystem that will enable humanity to live and work in space sustainably and for the benefit of all. About the authors Jacob Mulder is Minister...
