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and terrestrial”, by Kevin Hand of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States; “Planetary protection beyond the living world: the role of COSPAR in future exploration missions and in preserving and promoting science”, by Pascale Ehrenfreund of COSPAR and George Washington University; and “We lost Pluto?

Administration, United States).

ISPRS, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States (NASA), Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, SWF, and Space Environment Research Center (SERC) of Kyushu University, Japan.

(JAXA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States of America and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).

detecting the gravitational waves predicted by the theory of general relativity at frequencies not covered by terrestrial interferometers.

agencies to discuss, in particular, the first draft terms of reference for a mission planning and operations group, on the margins of the forty-ninth session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, in preparation for planning an overall NEO threat mitigation system.

with future generations of the EGNOS and Galileo system.

Workshop was the first in a series of workshops on the International Heliophysical Year 2007 proposed by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, based on discussion in its Scientific and Technical Subcommittee and reflected in the report of the Subcommittee (A/AC.105/848, paras. 181-192).

Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTELSAT-IGO), IISL, the International Law Association (ILA), Intersputnik and the Permanent Court of Arbitration under agenda item 6.

to their activities and programmes, and at organizing their respective roles relating to space both in the civil and in the security and defence areas.

University of Bremen in Germany, with funding from the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

SWF and Space Environment Research Center (SERC) of Kyushu University, Japan.

science and exploration missions.

Japan, the International Astronomical Union, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States of America, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, the Planetary Society and the United Nations.

were noted by the participants, as also the importance of the regional centres for space science and technology education affiliated with the United Nations in providing the essential knowledge for promoting various programmes in space science and technology.

Villafranca del Castillo (on 2 August 1975) and for the establishment of ground-tracking and data-acquisition facilities, including a deep-space antenna, at the Cebreros site in Ávila (on 22 July 2003).

in Graz, Austria, from 18 to 21 September 2012; and the United Nations/Ecuador Workshop on the International Space Weather Initiative, scheduled to take place in Quito from 8 to 12 October 2012, to be hosted by the Quito Astronomical Observatory on behalf of the Government of Ecuador.

of Thailand, Helwan 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 of Nigeria, Regional Centre for Training in Aerospace Surveys in Nigeria, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA.

mission of ESA and JAXA; the Hayabusa near-Earth object sample return mission of Japan; and the prospective AsteroidFinder spacecraft mission of Germany.

ESA and the Government of Mauritius at the University of Mauritius, in Reduit, Mauritius, from 25 to 29 June 2001.