In 1967, a slew of nations, including the U.S., U.K., and USSR, signed the Outer Space Treaty. This treaty declared, among ...

In 1967, a slew of nations including the U.S., U.K. and USSR, signed the Outer Space Treaty. This treaty declared, among other things, that no nation can own a planetary body or part of one.

A Cold War-Era Treaty Faces A New Challenge “This is a mission which violates Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty,” Tomasso Sgobba, executive director of the International Association for the ...

Sep. 12, 2024 — Astronomers have directed NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call this region the Extreme Outer Galaxy due to its ...

claiming that it goes against the Outer Space Treaty of 1967. According to this treaty, any activities by non-government entities in outer space need to be approved by a nation state. We’ve ...

Sep. 12, 2024 — Astronomers have directed NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call this region the Extreme Outer Galaxy due to its ...

A Cold War treaty faces a new test “This is a mission which violates Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty,” Tomasso Sgobba, executive director of the Netherlands-based International ...

“Russia’s actions cast significant doubt as to whether it will uphold the existing legal obligations under the Outer Space Treaty and raise concerns about what this could mean for ...

By Yan Zhuang Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore of NASA spoke from the International Space Station for the first time since their Boeing orbital transport returned to Earth uncrewed. By Katrina ...

NASA says astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will go home February 2025 on a Space-X craft; Their return delayed another 6 months. Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will return to Earth unmanned.

“This is a mission which violates Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty,” Sgobba told Al Jazeera. “It’s a well-known issue, which of course has a history.” The part of the law that the ...