Space Generation News

April marked the end of Dr. Will Marshall’s term as co-chairperson of the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC). The Council would like to thank Will for his enormous contributions to the organisation over the last 9 years and the recent 2 years as chairperson, and to acknowledge his many achievements with the organisation. More...

SGAC ECOSOC Representative, Andrew Hoppin attends a Seminar on Future Research at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. More...

In July 2008, ESA will host the Space StationDesign Workshop (SSDW) in collaboration with the Institute of Space Systems of the Universitaet Stuttgart. More...

First three speakers confirmed! More...

SGAC projects have several presentations at IAC 2008 More...

Are you an explorer? More...

Over 8,100 people came to NASA to celebrate the anniversary of the first human in space and the first flight of the Space Shuttle. More...

We are pleased to announce to you the results of the 2008 Regional Elections for Africa and Europe. Welcome Angela Whiteside and Michael Kio as our new Reginal Coordinators. More...

Space tourist-to-be Richard Garriott is calling on the ingenuity of British students to come up with a science experiment for his upcoming flight to the International Space Station (ISS). -taken from a news report from space.com More...

ESA launches new astronaut selection campaign More...

SGAC has Consultative Status at the UN ECOSOC, which is the oversight and policy-setting body for UN operational development activities. More...

A large change is occurring in the dynamics of major UK space involvement as the announcement of agreement to sell Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd is made by Professor Christopher Snowden, Vice Chancellor of Surrey University: More...

Alex Karl, Co-Chair of the Space Generation Advisory Council addressed the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) annual conference on space security, under the theme of providing security for the Next Generation. The Conference took place from 31 March to 1st April 2008. More...

UK NPoC reports back from an action packed weekend at the SGAC European Coordination meeting! More...

The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry Canada and the Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), announced at the Agency headquarters today that the CSA will begin a national astronaut recruitment campaign at the end of May 2008, to select astronauts to join its Canadian Astronaut Corps. More...

Youth space advocates representing seven countries within the SGAC European region came together to suggest, develop and draft out concrete projects that would increase pan-european youth involvement in the region's space activities. Read the blog and catch up on the events - if you are interested, contact the European region's RCs! More...

On march 27th Dr. Russell Kerschmann who is the Chief of Space Biosciences at NASA Ames Research Center, California, held a presentation at the Simon Bolivar University, Venezuela. More...

SGC Manager attends three days of meetings in Paris More...

The results of the 2008 Chairman elections are in! More...

The Space Generation Advisory Council announces an international youth technical paper competition to develop unique and innovative concepts for how to deflect an asteroid or comet that could impact the Earth (referred to as mitigation). More...