The charter faces the 2015 retirement of its most-utilized spacecraft and the privatization of many of its satellite sources.
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Feb. 1 marks the 10th anniversary of one of the most tragic events in human spaceflight: the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia and its crew.
Editorial | Disaster in Waiting
The giant piece of space junk menacing highlights the importance of debris mitigation guidelines.
Researchers Call Plan To End GMES Commitment a ‘Disaster’
PARIS — The heads of two international organizations focused on Earth observation on Sept. 16 said the European Commission’s proposal to end its commitment to a broad environmental Earth observation project was “a disaster” and “a very bad signal” to the international community.
South Korean Space Agency Joins Disaster Relief Pact
South Korea’s space agency, the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), has become the newest member of the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters, which makes space-based data available free of charge to aid in disaster relief and recovery efforts, the U.K. Space Agency announced July 18.
U.K. Space Agency Heading Disaster Response Network
The U.K. Space Agency took over the rotating leadership of the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters May 11, chairing the international network for the next six months. The group had been under the leadership of the U.S. Geological Survey, which operates the nation’s Landsat satellites.
Satellites Aiding Disaster Recovery Efforts in Japan
SAN FRANCISCO — Within hours of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, government and commercial satellite operators around the world began tasking spacecraft to obtain detailed imagery of the ravaged region.
Disaster Response Capabilities Improve with Technology
WASHINGTON — The last decade has seen an explosion in the utilization of new technologies and data sources, many of them space based, for disaster response and relief efforts, but more must be done to turn data into usable information and get it to those on the front lines, a panel of experts agreed.
Aaron Cohen, 79, Ran Johnson Space Center During Challenger Disaster
WASHINGTON — Spaceflight pioneer Aaron Cohen, who was at the helm of NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) during the Challenger shuttle tragedy and the agency’s subsequent return to flight, died Feb. 25 after a lengthy illness. He was 79.
ISU Students Aid World Bank Disaster Risk Analysis Effort
MOUNTAIN VIEW,
Calif.
— A group of International Space University (ISU) students are spending the summer at
NASA
Ames
Research
Center
here looking at ways to apply the principles of open source software development to the field of disaster risk management.