Space Generation News

APPLY NOW FOR SPACE GENERATION CONGRESS 2009

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With less than 100 days to go until the start of this's years SGC - SGAC biggest event each year - preparations are running on full speed. The SGC'09 Staff Team is working hard to make sure SGC'09 will be the best SGC yet. Read more about the prices, venue, accomodations, etc. More...

Presentations from the SGAC 10 Year Anniversary event posted

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All presentations and key note speeches have been included on the SGAC website More...

SGAC African RC Reports on 10 Year Anniversary Experience

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Castory Ntullu, SGAC African RC and 10 Year Anniversary scholarship winner, shares his thoughts on the 10 Year Anniversary Conference in Vienna More...

SGAC is looking for the Communications & PR Lead

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The mission of the Comm & PR lead is to address key issues of public relations for SGAC and improve international communications between young space activists, developing in-house expertise and tools for communication, promotion, and media. Apply today! More...

Deadline extended to JULY 26, 2009: Win a trip to SGC'09 in Daejeon, South Korea with the "Move an Asteroid" Competition!

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The Move an Asteroid competition submission deadline has been extended to July 26, 2009! More...

Two 10 Year Anniversary and UN COPUOS participants from the Middle East report on their Vienna experiences

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Cem Karako and Mahsa Teheran from SGAC’s Middle East region share their thoughts from the 10 Year Anniversary and COPUOS conference More...

June Issue of the SGAC Newsletter: Now Released

June has been one of the most eventful months of 2009 so far! More...

SGAC Executive Director, Ariane Cornell, presents results of the 10 Year Anniversary Conference at the UN COPUOS

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SGAC Executive Director, Ariane Cornell, delivered a presentation to the UN COPUOS on June 11 on the 10 Year Anniversary Conference describing the outputs and conclusions More...

SGAC Celebrates its 10 Year Anniversary with a Successful Conference in Vienna, Austria

SGAC held a conference on June 6 and 7 in Vienna, Austria to celebrate, examine, review, and analyze the Council’s past, present, and future. Attended well by past SGAC members, current members, and various international supporters, the conference reflected the unique enthusiasm and drive of the organization. More...

SGAC Co-Chair, Ben Baseley-Walker gives a presentation on SGAC highlighting the 10 year anniversary at the UN COPUOS

Co-Chair, Ben Baseley-Walker represented well the Space Generation Advisory Council in a technical presentation to the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, touching upon the SGAC’s past, present and future. More...

Welcome Daniela Petrova and Marko Gacesa as the new SGAC Regional Coordinators for Europe

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In late May 2009 SGAC organised two rounds of voting for regional elections for two new RCs in Europe. Daniela Petrova and Marko Gacesa were elected in round one and two respectively. More...

SGAC makes a statement to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

SGAC Co-Chair, Agnieszka Lukaszczyk presents a statement on behalf of SGAC to the UN COPUOS More...

SGAC’s 50 years visions project contributes to the ESA-CNES Seminar

The CNES ESA Seminar was an invite-only workshop which collected individuals from key organisations within Europe to provide input to a cross- European long term and SGAC’s Bee Thakore, who leads the project at SGAC gave a presentation under ‘The Young People’s views’ to kickstart a process of radical ideas and future strategies to really break present day barriers. More...

Former SGAC Chair publishes on behalf of SGAC in the latest UNIDIR issue of "Disarmament Forum"

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Each issue of this quarterly, bilingual (English-French) journal focuses on a specific topic related to disarmament and security. More...

SGAC NPoC of Colombia reports on the Aventura Espacial event in Barranquilla, Colombia

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The event was a mixture of intensive workshops and science competitions where boys and girls from all over the country had the opportunity to share experiences with scientists and experts from different international organizations such as NASA, UNESCO, the UN COPUOS and Boeing. More...

Space Generation Advisory Council announces “Move An Asteroid 2009” competition

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The competition focuses on students and young professionals to develop unique and innovative concepts for how to deflect an asteroid or comet that could impact the Earth. The Move an Asteroid Team is looking for sponsors to support the winners. More...

SGAC Co-Chair interviewed by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF)

International Astronautical Federation (IAF) has interviewed the newly elected SGAC Co-Chair, Agnieszka Lukaszczyk, in its latest "Focus On" issue regarding her new appointment to the co-chair position. More...

May newsletter: now released

This month's issue of the SGAC Newsletter has been published. More...

SGAC funds 9 members to attend the 10 Year Anniversary Celebration in Vienna, June 5-7

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Members from Brazil, Colombia, Pakistan, Bulgaria, Tanzania, Romania, and Iran fully funded to participate in the SGAC 10 Year Anniversary Celebrations consisted of reception and a conference "Revisiting UNISPACE III - how far have we come?" More...

SGAC’s Move An Asteroid 2009 Team presents at the 1st IAA Planetary Defence Conference in Granada, Spain

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SGAC’s Andrew Bacon of the UK and Tejal (Tee) Thakore of India recently attended the 1st IAA Planetary Defence Conference hosted by the International Academy of Astronautics in Granada, Spain from the 27th April to 30th April 2009. More...