TY - JOUR
T1 - The United Nations, delivering 'access to space for all'
T2 - 70th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2019
AU - Pippo, Simonetta Di
AU - Niu, Aimin
AU - Del Rio Vera, Jorge
AU - Freeman, Ian
AU - Kojima, Ayami
AU - St-Pierre, Luc
N1 - Funding Information:
The Office is working with the Government of Italy, with support from Argentina, Armenia, Brazil, and the Russian Federation, as well as the Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), to initiate the Open Universe Initiative. It was originally presented by the Government of Italy in the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in its 2016 session [22], with a view to providing more comprehensive visibility of and facilitating the access to astronomy and space science data and services.
Funding Information:
In 2019, the Office continued carrying out ground-based activities and achieved substantial progress in providing access to ground-based facilities in research and education. These include the United Nations/German Aerospace Center (DLR) fellowship programme for Drop Tower Experiment Series Using the Drop Tower of the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM) (UN/Germany DropTES Programme), and the United Nations/European Space Agency (ESA) Fellowship Programme on the Large Diameter Centrifuge Hypergravity Experiment Series (HyperGES).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) launched the Human Space Technology Initiative (HSTI) in 2010 to promote international cooperation on human space flight and space exploration activities, create awareness on the benefits of human space technology and its applications, and build capacity in microgravity education and research. Building on HSTI, in 2018, UNOOSA established the Access to Space for All initiative, expanding activities on human space technology, increasing opportunities for non and emerging space faring nations to use UNOOSA as the UN hub for connecting with the public and private space sector and accessing opportunities to conduct space-related activities in a responsible and sustainable manner. Since October 2018, new achievements have been made under this initiative: 1) A number of experiment proposals from multiple countries have been selected for the 1st cycle for flying on board the China Space Station (CSS) under the United Nations/China Cooperation on the CSS Utilization; 2) The 4th cycle of applications for deploying small satellites under the KiboCUBE, in collaboration with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), have been solicited and selection has been made, and the 5th cycle of call for applications has been announced; 3) Call for Interest on utilizing the Dream Chaser of the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) as well as the Airbus Bartolomeo platform of the International Space Station (ISS) have been publicized and interests in utilizing them have been expressed from multiple countries; 4) The new partnership between the United Nations and AVIO on CubeSat deployment was established; 5) The 5th cycle of the fellowship programme on the utilization of the Bremen Drop Tower has been successful; 6) The project on utilizing the Large Diameter Centrifuge facility at the European Space Agency (ESA) was launched, and the 1st opportunity to utilize this facility has been announced. The Access to Space for All initiative is being implemented by, among others, carrying out substantial projects under HSTI, which provides physical access to space, and initiating the Open Universe Initiative, which provides access to scientific space data and services. The on-going projects in 2019 has been providing real access to space through a wide range of modalities including space experiments, space flights, and small satellites, thus continuing to bring benefits of space technology to humanity and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
AB - The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) launched the Human Space Technology Initiative (HSTI) in 2010 to promote international cooperation on human space flight and space exploration activities, create awareness on the benefits of human space technology and its applications, and build capacity in microgravity education and research. Building on HSTI, in 2018, UNOOSA established the Access to Space for All initiative, expanding activities on human space technology, increasing opportunities for non and emerging space faring nations to use UNOOSA as the UN hub for connecting with the public and private space sector and accessing opportunities to conduct space-related activities in a responsible and sustainable manner. Since October 2018, new achievements have been made under this initiative: 1) A number of experiment proposals from multiple countries have been selected for the 1st cycle for flying on board the China Space Station (CSS) under the United Nations/China Cooperation on the CSS Utilization; 2) The 4th cycle of applications for deploying small satellites under the KiboCUBE, in collaboration with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), have been solicited and selection has been made, and the 5th cycle of call for applications has been announced; 3) Call for Interest on utilizing the Dream Chaser of the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) as well as the Airbus Bartolomeo platform of the International Space Station (ISS) have been publicized and interests in utilizing them have been expressed from multiple countries; 4) The new partnership between the United Nations and AVIO on CubeSat deployment was established; 5) The 5th cycle of the fellowship programme on the utilization of the Bremen Drop Tower has been successful; 6) The project on utilizing the Large Diameter Centrifuge facility at the European Space Agency (ESA) was launched, and the 1st opportunity to utilize this facility has been announced. The Access to Space for All initiative is being implemented by, among others, carrying out substantial projects under HSTI, which provides physical access to space, and initiating the Open Universe Initiative, which provides access to scientific space data and services. The on-going projects in 2019 has been providing real access to space through a wide range of modalities including space experiments, space flights, and small satellites, thus continuing to bring benefits of space technology to humanity and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
KW - Access
KW - Experiment
KW - Small Satellite
KW - Space
KW - Space Station
KW - United Nations
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85079145546
SN - 0074-1795
VL - 2019-October
JO - Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
JF - Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
M1 - IAC-19_B3_3_2_x49497
Y2 - 21 October 2019 through 25 October 2019
ER -