It joined the Outer Space Treaty in March and alerted commercial airlines and the International Maritime Organisation to the launch schedule.
The Outer Space Treaty provides a legal framework for the international use of space for peaceful purposes, including the moon and other celestial bodies.
The Outer Space Treaty, a 1967 agreement that forms the basis of international space law, has been signed by every major power on Earth.
Dempsey pointed out that at the time the U.N. drafted the Outer Space Treaty, there were only two spacefaring nations -- the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
The Outer Space Treaty says governments cannot claim ownership of the lunar surface and that stations and installations on the moon shall be open to others, said Hedman.
The Moon Agreement builds upon the Outer Space Treaty but also says that any natural resources found on the moon are part of "the common heritage of mankind" - in other words, they must be shared.
Today we turn to the cosmic awe conjured by science fiction, or the outer-space snapshots of the Hubble telescope as it calls forth our ever-deeper, ever-brighter possible selves.
Gump said under the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, nations cannot claim sovereignty in space but you can utilize the resources of space.
The truth that God has his eye on the sparrow means that the space between the sparrow and outer space is impossible for us to see as God sees it.
The 1967 Outer Space Treaty provides for "free access to all areas of celestial bodies" by any nation, but isn't clear about commercial rights, said Henry Hertzfeld, who researches space policy at George Washington University.
In 1980, the Nevada-based entrepreneur claimed ownership of the moon after finding what he calls a loophole in the 1967 United Nations Outer Space Treaty, which forbids countries from owning the moon but, according to Hope, does not forbid individuals from owning it.
The Office for Outer Space Affairs is using satellite information to promote food security.
Orbital flights, which must propel vehicles past the atmosphere into outer space, require a particularly large amount of it.
Yesterday, when I sat down to watch Felix Baumgartner jump from the edge of outer space, like most people, I did it on YouTube.
It is long-overdue recognition that intelligent life is not something for us to seek in the outer reaches of space but is abundant right here on earth, under our noses.
This peculiarly misconceived comedy stars Eddie Murphy in a dual role, as Dave, a humanoid spaceship that lands on Earth in order to move unnoticed among earthlings, and as the tiny outer-space homunculus who is its captain.
The stories come in order of composition, with dates, and in three sections, each of them flagged by a quietly resonant illustration (a view of the planet from outer space, a heavily restored classical fresco, a painting of a spectral cadaver).
But we are the only species to have defined a geological period by our activity something usually performed by major glaciations, mass extinction and the colossal impact of objects from outer space, like the one that defines the upper boundary of the Cretaceous.
The exhibition of jewelry and other objects that were either inspired by the skies above, made the trip to outer space, created out of materials that originated from heavenly bodies, or built from materials that were created during the space race is now open to the public and will run till September 7 at Forbes Galleries, 60 Fifth Avenue, New York.
The idea of personally exploring outer space appeals to many but the closest most folks can get now is to create an inexpensive satellite that can go out into space on the growing number of private launch vehicles.
The European Space Agency uses the kits to rough out the mechanical arms it uses in outer space.
You check my numbers and discover a mistake: my trajectory will instead send the astronaut hurtling into outer space.
One of the 24 founding members of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in 1959, Iran sent its first satellite into space in 2009.
But so far, few changes have been implemented on the ground or in space, said Brian Weeden, a technical adviser with the Secure World Foundation, an organization dedicated to the peaceful use of outer space.
So, I feel like we achieved a lot of that and I feel that in the long run, we took this challenging idea of starting 100 years prior and bringing the world to life, bringing the Wild West of outer space to life.
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The most important members of the team, then, may not be the entrepreneurs and venture capitalists who put up the drive and the money, nor the engineers who build the hardware that makes it all possible, but the economists who try to work out the effect on the price of platinum when a mountain of the stuff arrives from outer space.
The imagination of scientists has enabled us to travel through outer space and walk on the moon, feats that were once only possible in the realm of myth.
The closest most of us 'round here will ever get to outer space is blogging about the Lunar X Prize, so our inner astronauts get rather giddy any time an amateur makes it to the cusp of the gravity well.
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By using lasers, NASA is now on the verge of revolutionizing and speeding up delivery of data now dispatched from outer space and all around the solar system, the agency said.
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