Thu, Feb 10, 2011
Designed To Showcase The Station To UN Member States
NASA was among the participants in a seminar held Tuesday
designed to create awareness among United Nations member states on
potential uses of the International Space Station. At the request
of the U.N.'s Office for Outer Space Affairs, NASA and its
international partner agencies attended the outreach seminar in
Vienna.
Representatives from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, the
European Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and
the Russian Federal Space Agency presented information on their
respective capabilities available on the orbiting outpost. They
discussed the station's management structure, research facilities,
research accomplishments, education outreach activities and
mechanisms for cooperation.
"This was an opportunity for NASA and our international partners
to share the capabilities of the space station with the
international community," said International Space Station Program
Scientist Julie Robinson, who presented at the seminar. "Now that
the station has shifted from construction to research and
technology development, we are working as a partnership to optimize
its use as a laboratory."
The seminar was the first activity under the U.N.'s Human Space
Technology Initiative, a new program that builds awareness among
U.N. member states on the benefits of using human space technology
to contribute to international cooperation in the peaceful use of
outer space.
The seminar occurred during the 48th session of the Scientific
and Technical Subcommittee of the U.N. Committee on the Peaceful
Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS). UNCOPUOS members who participated
gained a greater understanding of the space station and its
research, utilization and educational opportunities. As a result,
countries not currently part of the International Space Station
partnership now will be able to assess better the opportunities for
collaborative research aboard the station.
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