@article{74f78a84ca1346e6a61f7547959d0815,
title = "Access to Space: Capacity-building for development through experiment and payload opportunities",
abstract = "The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs has developed a comprehensive set of capacity-building activities and associated partnerships providing access to experimental facilities on ground and to a wide range of Low Earth Orbit platforms. These opportunities are available to applicants from high-school to university level, as well as other research, governmental and inter-governmental institutions. This is a unique approach to space capacity-building, away from the traditional classroom or lecture methods, aimed at developing and emerging economies, as well as encouraging cooperation with agencies and institutions from developed nations. This paper summarizes the series of activities and related programmatic and roadmap of the Office.",
keywords = "2030 agenda for sustainable development, Access to space, Capacity-building, International cooperation, Space experiments, United Nations",
author = "{Garc{\'i}a Y{\'a}rnoz}, Daniel and Ayami Kojima and {Di Pippo}, Simonetta",
note = "Funding Information: {\textregistered} project An additional MoU was signed in 2016 between the United Nations, represented by UNOOSA, and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) to coordinate a multiple UN Member States space mission utilizing the Dream Chaser {\textregistered} vehicle, a reusable orbital spacecraft designed by SNC. The Dream Chaser {\textregistered} Project intends to assist any Member State with the ambition of developing an in-country space program, but without the expertise or financial strength to roll it out in a short timeframe. The project aims at offering the previously mentioned Member States the possibility to acquire a dedicated experiment rack for microgravity experiments, or a fraction of the rack, on board of the Dream Chaser {\textregistered} flight of the United Nations, and at identifying possible ways for funding the efforts of developing and emerging countries that may not have the financial means to participate in such a mission. The initial concept plans envision a two-week free flier mission with multiple payloads and a tentative launch date of2022. In November of 2017, a Call For Interest (CFI) was released, which resulted in over 150 expressions of interest from approximately 75 countries (including various international partnerships). The next steps are a technical briefing, to provide interested parties more insight on the capabilities of the vehicle, followed by an Announcement of Opportunity. 5 Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 IAA",
year = "2019",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.03.034",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "154",
pages = "227--232",
journal = "Acta Astronautica",
issn = "0094-5765",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
}