Space Generation News

January 1, 2009 will mark the advent of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009) - a year which will celebrate humanity's vision beyond. IYA2009 had an early kick-off in Puerto Rico, this Summer in an event which aimed to create the perfect blend of science and art for outreach - two generations of Jamaican poetry were included in the tasteful mix. More...

The Space Generation Zambia Chapter (SGZC), in partnership with the Physics Department of the University of Zambia, has joined the world in celebrating this year’s World Space Week whose theme is ‘Exploring the Universe’. More...

Polish researchers have implemented a four-year, 20M euro ($31.5M) program to develop the country's first orbital satellite, reports PAIZ, the Polish state investment agency. More...

The Eighteenth UN/IAF Workshop on "Integrated Space Technology Applications - Support to Managing Potentially Hazardous Events" will be held in Glasgow, United Kingdom, 26 - 27 September 2008 More...

On July 31st, 2008 the SGAC Executive Officer, Agnieszka Lukaszczyk, presented "Youth Contributions to the Debate on Space Security" at the Space Security Theme Day organised by the International Space Univerity Summer Space Program (ISU SSP), which is currently taking place in Barcelona Space. More...

Amalie Sinclair reports back from the Lunar Space Conference at the NASA Ames Research Center. More...

Bijal Thakore of India and Halit Mirahmetoglu of Turkey have been appointed as SGAC liaisons to the IYA09 More...

Paul Acquatella, SGAC RC for South America represented SGAC as a fully funded participant at the United Nations/Colombia/United States of America Workshop on the Applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems, Medellín, Colombia, 23 - 27 June 2008. More...

Crystal City, Virginia — A broad array of not-for-profit organizations will announce the creation of a National Coalition for Cheap and reliable Access to Space (CATS) on July 17th at the NewSpace 2008 conference. The Coalition will sponsor a National Summit on CATS in the battleground state of Ohio on October 7th & 8th, one month before the presidential election, and will deliver a Declaration for CATS to the next President of the United States. More...

Proper Representation of the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) More...

In June 2008 Chris Boshuizen officially retired from the position of Executive Director that he inaugurally held for two years for the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC). More...

Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Latin America and the Caribbean offers fellowships for students from the region. SGAC members are welcome to apply. More...

Sunita Williams receives Padma Bhushan More...

Impact Earth: Could we divert a giant asteroid? More...

Space Generation Advisory Council Announces Winners of “Move An Asteroid 2008” International Competition on 100th Anniversary of Tunguska Explosion More...

Maite Trujillo, SGAC ECOSOC Rep. attended the 51st Session of the UN COPUOS in Vienna Austria. In a report below she shares her experience. More...

SSETI call for interest in new SSETI Swarm project! More...

We are looking for an IYA 2009 liaison. Applications should be submitted to Agnieszka Lukaszczyk a.lukaszczyk@spacegeneration.org no later than Friday 4 July 2008. More...

Muhammad Shafiq, SGAC NPoC for Pakistan attended the 51st Session of the UN COPUOS in Vienna Austria. In a report below he shares his experience More...

Olga Stelmakh, SGAC NPoC for Ukraine attended the 51st Session of the UN COPUOS in Vienna Austria. In a report below she shares her experience. More...