United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), Vienna International Centre, P. O. Box 500, Wien (2026)

02/06/2026

🛰️🌍 Share your sustainable space practices with the global space community!

UNOOSA invites States, permanent observers to COPUOS, international organizations, industry, academia and non-governmental entities to contribute to the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities (LTS) Information Repository — an open platform that promotes transparency, confidence-building and international cooperation for the safe and sustainable use of outer space.

We welcome case studies, lessons learned and practical examples. Recent examples featured in the repository include:

🇩🇪 Germany’s microlauncher competition and small satellite contest
🇲🇽 Mexico’s space weather contributions to space sustainability, including the creation of the Mexican Space Weather Service (Sciesmex - LANCE Laboratorio Nacional de Clima Espacial Unam-Uanl MX)
👨‍🚀 Astronaut-informed perspectives on space traffic management and orbital debris from the Association of Space Explorers

Submissions will be considered by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) and help strengthen implementation of the LTS Guidelines worldwide.

By contributing, you can share lessons learned, support international cooperation and capacity-building, and help keep outer space safe and accessible for all.

🔗 Explore the repository and submit your contribution: https://lts.unoosa.org

01/06/2026

🚨 Application deadline: Friday, 12 June — don't miss it!

☀️ Solar storms. Geomagnetic disruptions. Ionospheric interference with GPS. Space weather affects us all, and understanding it requires global cooperation.

This September, join scientists, service providers, and policymakers in Seoul for the UN/Republic of Korea Workshop on the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI): AI-Enabled Space Weather for Global Cooperation and Capacity Building.

The workshop will explore how artificial intelligence is transforming space weather observation, modelling, and forecasting, and how these advances can be shared across borders to build capacity in developing countries.

🗓️ 7–11 September 2026
📍 Seoul, Republic of Korea
🤝 Co-organized with the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) and 우주환경센터 Korea Space Weather Center (KSWC)

Topics include:
🔹 AI applications for space weather forecasting
🔹 Solar eruptions and geomagnetic storms
🔹 GNSS and ionospheric impacts
🔹 Data sharing and international collaboration
🔹 Education, outreach and research capacity-building

📝 Apply and learn more: https://shorturl.at/ntLbd

28/05/2026

🌍☄️ Planetary defence is one of the clearest examples of why multilateral cooperation matters.

UNOOSA’s Romana Kofler joined the Global Dispatches podcast recently to discuss how the international community is preparing for the possibility of an asteroid on a collision course with Earth — and why planetary defence is a shared global responsibility.

🎙️ Key takeaways from the conversation:
🔹 An asteroid only becomes a catastrophe if we fail to prepare.
🔹 Through COPUOS, the United Nations helps coordinate international preparedness efforts.
🔹 Mechanisms such as the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) and the Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) support the detection of potential threats and coordination of response options.
🔹 UNOOSA works to ensure that all countries, regardless of their spacefaring capability, have access to timely information, scientific expertise, and international coordination mechanisms.

We also discussed how recent asteroid monitoring efforts have reinforced the importance of:
✅ transparent communication
✅ trusted scientific cooperation
✅ agreed international processes

As we look ahead to 2029 — the International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence — when asteroid Apophis will make its close approach to Earth, global awareness and cooperation will be more important than ever.

Thank you to Global Dispatches, Mark Leon Goldberg, and the Global Challenges Foundation for spotlighting this important issue!

🎧 Listen to the episode: https://lnkd.in/dfVVZg9c

21/05/2026

🌍🏥🛰️ Leaders from across the health, technology, policy, and research sectors gather today for Geneva Digital Health Day, dedicated to exploring how digital technologies and cross-sector collaboration can help build stronger, more resilient health systems worldwide.

Health systems are facing complex challenges driven by climate change, environmental pressures, and emerging disease risks. Space-based technologies are an important part of the solution.

UNOOSA Director Aarti Holla-Maini delivered a keynote on “Building Resilient Health Systems in Times of Crisis,” highlighting how Earth observation and other space technologies can:

🛰️ Support earlier detection of environmental and health risks — such as identifying conditions linked to mosquito-borne disease outbreaks

🌡️ Monitor extreme heat and air pollution to help protect vulnerable populations

🚨 Strengthen preparedness and emergency response through near real-time environmental monitoring

📊 Improve decision-making before crises escalate by combining satellite, environmental, and health data

🌱 Track changes in rainfall, land use, and water conditions that can influence the spread of disease

By combining satellite data with health and environmental information, countries can better anticipate risks and respond earlier, before emergencies become crises.

UNOOSA supports the Space and Global Health Network (SGHN), which advances collaboration between the space and health sectors through policy development, capacity-building efforts, and most recently, through the development of a curriculum on space and global health.

The event also highlighted UNOOSA’s new Earth Observation Health Architecture (EO-HEART) initiative. It aims to improve how Earth observation, environmental, and health data work together to support stronger health monitoring and earlier warning of emerging health threats.

As climate and health challenges become more connected, partnerships between the space and health communities will play an increasingly important role in helping countries better protect people and strengthen resilience.

➡️ Learn more about the work of the Space and Global Health Network and efforts to advance space-enabled health solutions worldwide: https://sgh.network/

20/05/2026

The UN positively impacts daily lives around the world — and UNOOSA is no exception.

Today at the Vienna International Centre, we marked the opening of the “Shared Lives, Shared Future” exhibition, which celebrates the United Nations’ 80th anniversary through over 200 portraits and stories that highlight how the UN works with people and communities around the world — from peace and security to humanitarian action, sustainable development, human rights and international cooperation.

The local exhibit in Vienna features 24 stories from Vienna-based organizations, including two from UNOOSA.

UNOOSA’s impact lies in helping ensure that the benefits of space reach everyone. Stories featured in the exhibit show how space-based tools and international cooperation can support people on Earth:

🛰️ Alejandro Roman of the Paraguay Space Agency worked with UNOOSA’s UN-SPIDER programme to gain access to the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters, enabling access to critical satellite data during emergencies.

🚀 With support from UNOOSA’s Access to Space for All programme, Víctor Hugo of the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala co-led a team of more than 100 people to develop and launch Guatemala’s first-ever satellite, QUETZAL-1.

🌍 A third story in the global exhibit features Deanesh Ramsewak of the University of Trinidad and Tobago, who worked with UNOOSA and partners to develop a “digital twin” of Tobago island — a virtual model using space-based data to strengthen resilience and planning.

At today’s opening, UNOOSA’s Jorge Del Rio Vera delivered brief remarks, joining colleagues from across the UN family and Vienna-based international organizations.

As the UN marks 80 years, these stories are a reminder that space is not distant from our daily lives. It supports disaster response, climate resilience, sustainable development and a safer future for all, every single day.

Thank you to UNIS Vienna, the Permanent Representation of Slovenia to the UN, OSCE and Other International Organisations in Vienna, UNIDO, UNODC and all partners involved in bringing the exhibit to life.

Explore the full “Shared Lives, Shared Future” exhibit: https://www.un.org/en/exhibits/exhibit/un80

18/05/2026

📡🛰️ We’re building practical GNSS skills in Morocco!

Earlier this month, the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG) led a hands-on training on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) at the African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education (CRASTE-LF) in Rabat, Morocco.🇲🇦

GNSS is essential for positioning, navigation and timing services that support areas such as disaster risk reduction, transport, agriculture, mapping, emergency response and sustainable development.

With support from the Center for Spatial Information Science - CSIS UTokyo 東京大学空間情報科学研究センター and LocationMind, Japan, the training brought together 30 students and researchers from CRASTE-LF and other institutions in Morocco to build practical skills in high-accuracy positioning, navigation and timing.

Participants gained hands-on experience in:
🛰️ GNSS principles, data types, errors and coordinate systems
📡 High-accuracy GNSS data processing methods
💻 RTKLIB, an open-source toolkit for precise positioning
📱 Fieldwork using low-cost GNSS receivers and Android mobile devices

📍A highlight for participants was setting up a local GNSS base station at CRASTE-LF, provided by the The University of Tokyo / UTokyo, which will support education and help achieve centimetre-level positioning accuracy.

Through practical training at UN-affiliated Regional Centres for Space Science and Technology Education, students can quickly acquire specialized skills and explore GNSS applications directly relevant to local needs.

Learn more about how the ICG and the Regional Centres are strengthening global capacity in space science, technology and applications:
🔗 ICG: https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/sk/ourwork/icg/icg.html
🔗 Regional Centres: https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/psa/regional-centres/index.html

14/05/2026

📢 Call for abstracts is now open for the 2026 UNOOSA/International Astronautical Federation Workshop!

The theme: “Space Economy Opportunities for Emerging Nations: Advancing Socio-Economic Resilience through Space Technologies and Applications.” 🌍🚀

🗓️ 3–4 October 2026 (ahead of the 77th International Astronautical Congress)
📍 Antalya, Türkiye🇹🇷

This year’s workshop will focus on the space economy, particularly on how space technologies and applications provide socio-economic benefits and resilience in developing countries, and how international cooperation can enable such benefits.

Researchers, policymakers, industry representatives, entrepreneurs, space agencies and emerging space actors are encouraged to apply and join the discussion.

📌 Key dates:
• Abstract submission deadline: 30 June 2026
• Registration deadline for self-funded attendees: 15 July 2026

UNOOSA and co-organizers may provide in-kind support for selected speakers from developing countries.

🔗 Register: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/isRkjhKBGN
🔗 More info: https://shorturl.at/9OMDe

We look forward to welcoming participants from around the world to Antalya!

📸: IAF

11/05/2026

♀️🚀🌌 Are you a global leader in promoting women’s engagement in the space sector? Want to share your best practices? If so, we want you! Over 25 space agencies and industry leaders have already contributed to the most recent update of our Space4Women Landmark Study, which will:

1️⃣ Measure progress on women’s representation in the space sector.

2️⃣ Track changes over time across public and private organisations.

3️⃣ Support evidence-based solutions to advance gender equality.

To build a complete and accurate global picture, we need your help. This third and final phase of the study will add to insights from earlier phases to create a lasting, sustainable framework for measuring progress. With regular data collection every 3–4 years, we will be able to track change and drive continued action on gender equality in the global space community.

WHO? If your organization is part of the public or private space sector, we want to hear from you. See the survey here or on our LinkedIn 👉

https://lnkd.in/dyjzb5bA

⏰ Final deadline: 29 May 2026

05/05/2026

🚀🌌 Want to conduct experiments in microgravity and hypergravity without having to travel to space? We are offering two ‘Access to Space for All’ student opportunities. Details, explainers, and informational webinar below:

1️⃣ DropTES (Drop Tower Experiment Series), application deadline: 30 June 2026

Student teams can carry out microgravity and Moon gravity experiments at ZARM, with applications in fluid physics, materials science, combustion, biotechnology, and space‑related manufacturing technologies.

👀 See the testimonials of the previous winners, and apply here: https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/access2space4all/DropTES/DropTES_Rounds.html

2️⃣ HyperGES (Hypergravity Experiment Series), application deadline: 1 June 2026

Student teams can conduct hypergravity experiments using the European Space Agency - ESA Large Diameter Centrifuge (🇳🇱), supporting studies in life sciences, plant biology, human health, materials behaviour, and technologies for Moon and planetary exploration.

👀 See the testimonials of the previous winners, and apply here:

https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/access2space4all/HyperGES/HyperGES_Rounds.html

📢 Interested, but want more information?
👉 Register for our free-to-access webinar on 8 May 11:00 UTC+2 and 17:00 UTC+2 to meet the team:

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=2zWeD09UYE-9zF6kFubccP_kZkNE1GVBoLB_BAl9kqJURUZEQ09NVk5UNFVLNldNR0pKQTQ3VzJDMSQlQCN0PWcu&route=shorturl

04/05/2026

🌌 Space is no longer the realm of science-fiction. It is a critical and international infrastructure that underpins our daily lives; and one mistake or crash in space could jeopardise this. This is why international cooperation is now more important than ever. COPUOS, the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, brings countries together to build international consensus in the peaceful use and exploration of space.

From space sustainability and debris to lunar resources, or space traffic and space law - think the Outer Space Treaty, Registration Convention, Liability Convention, and the Agreement on the Rescue and Return of Astronauts - COPUOS continues to bring countries to the table and deliver results through consensus-based diplomacy.

👨‍🎓👩‍🎓Want to learn more about space law, space sustainability, and how to kick-start your own space economy, check out our free-to-access e-learning courses 👉 https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/informationfor/students/online-learning.html

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