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In this week’s Space Cafè WebTalk, Dr. Jessica West, Senior Researcher at Project Ploughshares, Waterloo, Canada talked about why does peace matter in space. This session explored the role of civil society in space governance. Jessica is a long-time editor of the Space Security Index and frequent participant at the United Nations First Committee, Conference on Disarmament, and the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.

NASA's touchdown on Mars expected for today

Asteroid mission DART to launch in November

Axiom raises $130 million and becomes unicorn

NASA's Perseverance nears Mars while UAE sends first photo

Intelsat reduces $15 billion debt by more than half

This article describes - in a non-diplomatic way - the current setting/behaviour of space industry stakeholders and a set of radical, but necessary actions to ensure the  long-term sustainability of outer space in the interest of operators, the industry, last but not least, of the global society.

In this session of Space Cafè "Moriba's Vox Populi #03" Dr. Moriba Jah talked about religion, ethics and space, and sustainability with Brother Guy Consolmagno – Director, The Vatican Observatory. (Catholic perspective), Harel Ben-Ami – Delegate, Israel Space Agency to the United Nations. (Jewish perspective),

European orbiters support NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars

NASA to launch its Jupiter Europa Clipper not on SLS