Landspace ready for first Chinese private orbital launch but looks to grander plans

At a news conference on the opening day of the International Astronautical Conference in Bremen, Germany, Landspace said it will launch the Zhuque-1 three-stage solid-propellant rocket near the end of October, with the exact date to be decided.

Op-ed | Australia and America: United for a New Space Age

With its economic ties to Japan and China, in addition to its bond with the British Commonwealth and the citizens of the United States, Australia is ready to co-write the next chapter of the New Space Age.

IAF President Le Gall’s goal: More young people, more women, diversified funding

Incoming International Astronautical Federation (IAF) President Jean-Yves Le Gall on Oct. 14 said his term of office will be dedicated to broadening IAF’s geographic reach, bringing more young people and women into its ranks and diversifying its financial base beyond the annual conference.

Q&A | COSPAR’s Lennard A. Fisk on weighing terrorist threats against a global mandate

The decision by the international Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) to cancel its biennial Scientific Assembly in July — just 12 days before it was to start in Istanbul — is a cautionary tale for any conference organizer with a strong international mandate.

Op-ed | Getting Serious About the Moon Village

George Nield, the FAA's associate administrator for commercial space transportation, explains what he likes — and what he doesn't — about ESA Director-General Johann-Dietrich Woerner's envisioned "Moon Village."

Security Concerns Evident at IAC

ESA advised its personnel to decide individually whether to attend this year’s IAC conference in Jerusalem based on their sense of the security risk.

News from the 65th International Astronautical Congress

SpaceNews Paris Bureau Chief Peter B. de Selding and Senior Staff Writer Jeff Foust are covering the 65th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2014) in Toronto, this week.

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