Russia and China are currently in talks to pool their resources for joint lunar operations, according to several Russian and international news media sources.
Read More »SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Five Thoughts On The Artemis Accords, And Another One For Israel
Last week, NASA released "The Artemis Accords: Principles for a Safe, Peaceful and Prosperous Future." The aim of the Artemis program, according to NASA, is to "[L]and the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024, heralding in a new era for space exploration and utilization". I read the short, concise document that NASA published with a great deal of interest, and a number of thoughts about international technology, economics, and politics came to mind.
Read More »Space Foundation Names Liberty BioSecurity Space Certification™ Program Partner
The Space Foundation builds awareness of the benefits of space through its Space Certification™ program, which awards a "seal of approval" to companies whose products and services can demonstrate a viable link to the space program
Read More »Celebrating Space History: Forty-Five Years Of The ESA Convention
After celebrating the 50th anniversary of the European space cooperation in 2014, ESA now marks 45 years since the signing of the Convention for the creation of a single European Space Agency on 30 May 1975.
Read More »ESA Seeks Ideas For Exploring The Moon With A Large European Lander
The European Space Agency (ESA) is asking "What would you do with a large European lander on the Moon?"
Read More »SpaceWatchGL Feature: The Space Law Context of the Artemis Accords (Part 2)
As mentioned in Part One of this article, international space law is a modest, open regime, subject to expansion and clarification. At the international multilateral level, various UN treaties on space done after the Outer Space Treaty expand on various articles of that treaty.
Read More »Airbus Wins ESA Contract To Construct Third European Service Module For NASA’s Orion Spacecraft
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced on 26 May 2020 that it has signed a contract with Airbus for the construction of the third European Service Module (ESM) for Orion, the American crewed spacecraft. The contract is worth around €250 million.
Read More »SpaceWatchGL Feature: The Space Law Context Of The Artemis Accords (Part 1)
On 15 May 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gave the first public presentation of the Artemis Accords, a NASA initiative to develop consistent and effective norms for the Artemis Program lunar missions to be conducted in partnership with space agencies around the world.
Read More »NASA Names Telescope For Astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, ‘Mother of Hubble’
NASA is naming its next-generation space telescope currently under development, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), in honor of Nancy Grace Roman, NASA's first chief astronomer, who paved the way for space telescopes focused on the broader universe.
Read More »Emirates Mars Mission’s Hope Probe Due To Launch On 15 July
The Emirates Mars Mission, the first interplanetary exploration undertaken by an Arab nation, announced the scheduled launch of its Mars Hope Probe in a 495,000,000km journey to reach and orbit the Red Planet.
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