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The Network includes African specialized centres in space sciences, mapping and survey: the African Association of Remote Sensing for Environment (AARSE); the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development for East Africa in Kenya (RCMRD); the West Africa Regional Centre for Training in Aerospace Surveys (RECTAS) in Ile-Ife, in Nigeria; the African Centre for Meteorological Application for Development (ACMAD) in Niamey, Niger; the Drought Monitoring Centre for East Africa (DMC) in Nairobi, Kenya; the Network for Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa (NESDA); and the Federal University of Technology of Minna in Nigeria.

[...] homogeneous universe (both spatially and materially), [...] [...]

Those dark spaces constitute the vast majority of the universe today, and in this [...] [...]

[...] [...] the European Space Policy Institute, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety, the International Astronautical [...] [...]

[...] Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) signed a memorandum of understanding in 2012 to formalize the transfer of technical goods and data that are required to explore the potential for cooperation on the Space Infrared Telescope [...]

[...] [...] Space Exploration and Space Technologies was organized by the United Nations, ESA and [...] [...]

[...] National Commission on Space Activities in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [...] [...]

This will then not only maintain the curiosity-driven spirit of discovery that is an integral part of sustainable development, but also make a reality in the scientific world of the visionary principle that space is the province of all mankind.

[...] [...] Latvia, as well as ESA, IAF, ICG, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [...] [...]

[...] [...] develop the basic science of heliophysics (the connections between the Earth, the Sun and inter-planetary space) through cross-disciplinary studies [...] [...]

[...] [...] University of Egypt (through its Space Weather Monitoring Centre), International Academy of Astronautics, IAF, International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG) (through its Executive Secretariat), Kyushu University of Japan, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Egypt, National Space Research and Development Agency and Obafemi Awolowo University [...] [...]

[...] education based on space missions was discussed, together with the relevance of such missions to the needs of developing countries wishing to participate actively in the voyage of discovery through the universe.

[...] carrier rockets and 35 objects into space, of which 19 were Russian: two manned spaceships of the Soyuz [...] [...]

With the end of the cold war, a new opportunity for cooperation emerged, culminating in the combined effort of the five space agencies CSA, ESA, JAXA, NASA and Roscosmos (representing 15 countries: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States) to develop, launch and operate the International Space Station (ISS) since 1998.

Saying ‘universe’ may be grandiose; but when I refer to the heavens, I mean our familiar skies and clouds, the air, the wind, and even light [...]

The joint Belarus-Russian space programmes “Cosmos-BR” (1999-2002), “Cosmos-SG” (2004-2007) [...] [...]

[...] [...] number of space-related organizations in connection with their research, including NASA, the European Space Agency, the Russian Federal Space Agency, the Committee on Space Research [...]

Other entities represented included: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center; Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network; Asian Institute of Technology; Asian Reinsurance Corporation; Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (European Commission); International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; International Committee on the International Global Monitoring Aerospace System Project Implementation; International Organization for Standardization; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association (PITA) and Remote Sensing Technology Centre of Japan.

[...] [...] result of CAS continuous research visitors from the space agencies: European Space Agency, France, India, Japan and NASA.

The training framework of the Institute for the academic years 2010-2014 consists of six different types of training programmes: (a) TMA-based courses that include SIAP-JICA training courses and short-term courses to be conducted either by SIAP alone or in collaboration with other organizations; (b) an outreach programme that includes regional/subregional courses and country courses; (c) research-based training programme as a combination of distance learning and TMA-based training; (d) distance training through JICA-Net service and e-learning using the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)2 high-speed communication satellite, Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite (WINDS) (negotiation under way); (e) a programme for managers of national statistical offices; and (f) forging partnerships in statistical training.