Chris Johnson

SWF will host a webinar on Feb. 18 where the 2025 SSRI fellows present their findings on information sharing for space sustainability and on circular space economy. Deborah Housen-Couriel, Beril Saadet Turnbull, and Calum Turner.
https://www.swfound.org/events/2025-ssri-fellows-report-presentation

This article is finally out, and with open access // General principles of international environmental and space law applicable to the protection of dark and quiet skies | Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Dear colleagues, I'm happy to announce that I'll be stepping into academia full time to continue promoting and advancing the rule of law in outer space at the International Institute of Air an... Dear colleagues, I'm happy to announce that I'll be stepping into academia full time to continue promoting and advancing the rule of law in outer space at the International Institute of Air and Space ...

FYI.. here is the news I've been looking forward to sharing. Excited and honored to join this great institution bit.ly/4r1qG39 ⚖️ #SpaceLaw 🚀 #SpacePolicy 🇺🇳🛰️ @unileiden.bsky.social

Thank you everyone at Secure World Foundation and all of our partners from industry, academia, and government.

It has been a pleasure and honor to foster and promote space sustainability at this small but brave and ambitious NGO, with connections and allies around the world.

New interesting publication from RAND / How to Create 'Order in Orbit'

Space Modernization for the 21st Century NPRM

Moon race rhetoric... //Trump's NASA pick stresses moon race urgency, pressed on Musk ties in Senate hearing www.reuters.com/business/aer...

- Bocconi University Click HERE to follow the zoom live streaming

I have signed up to watch this // SYMPOSIUM: Obligations Erga Omnes Theoretical and Practical Perspectives ius.unibocconi.eu/events/sympo...

From Climate to Cosmos: The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion and Its Implications for Sustainable Space Governance Introduction Assume hypothetically a future request for an International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on States’ obligations to protect outer space. How would the ICJ draw from the Advis…

From Climate to Cosmos: The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion and Its Implications for Sustainable Space Governance www.ejiltalk.org/from-climate...

UK and Germany have accused Russia of threatening their satellites. Here’s what that means. | CNN Germany and the United Kingdom have warned of the growing threat posed by Russian and Chinese space satellites, which have been regularly spotted spying on satellites used by Western powers.

UK and Germany have accused Russia of threatening their satellites. Here’s what that means. | CNN edition.cnn.com/2025/11/09/e... #SpaceLaw #SpacePolicy

I'll be speaking about the re-entry of space debris at the upcoming UNOOSA conference 'Operationalising Space Sustainability: Legal and Regulatory Approaches Across the Lifecycle of Space Debris', November 19–20 at the United Nations Office at Vienna

Website at: www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourw...

Space Junk Now Almost Constantly Crashing Down to Earth Yet another huge chunk of space debris survived re-entry intact, landing in the middle of a road in Australia.

These types of stories are popping up more and more // Space Junk Now Almost Constantly Crashing Down to Earth futurism.com/space/space-....

🚀 The 7th #SWFsummit25 opens tomorrow, Oct 22–23 in Paris.
🎙️ We’re also happy to welcome Sébastien Martin, Minister for Industry & Philippe Baptiste, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Space as speakers.
🎟️First 25 today get free virtual w/code VIRTUALFREE25 bit.ly/45Vd159

I’ll be moderating this discussion at
@swfoundation.bsky.social
#SWFSummit25 next week in Paris on advancing technologies & business models for achieving economically viable #SpaceSustainability🛰️

🚀There's still time to join us in person or online: swfsummit.xn--org-e292bzb

Some quotes from me in this article from the Wall Street Journal / Building Nuclear Power in the U.S. Is Tough. NASA Wants to Do It on the Moon. www.wsj.com/science/spac...?

My book chapter 'What Future Does Space Liability Law Have?' now published in 'The Coming Collision of Commercial and Military Space' by the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC)🕊️Details & free PDF download at npolicy.org/the-coming-c...

My article on #SpaceLaw at seven decades in the newly published special issue of Air & Space Law kluwerlawonline.com/journalIssue...

A new atomic clock in space could help us measure elevations on Earth The European Space Agency’s ACES mission could ultimately pave the way for a global network of atomic clocks that make these measurements far more accurate.

Excellent article; I've seen presentations on how we have to also do this for the Moon / A new atomic clock in space could help us measure elevations on Earth

Good overview of the history of the National Space Council, and opportunities for a new one.

spacepolicyonline.com/news/a-secon...

Application from Zimbabwe to join #COPUOS🇺🇳
www.unoosa.org/oosa/oosadoc... 🛰️#UNGA #SpacePolicy #SpaceLaw⚖️

Today I delivered the @swfoundation.bsky.social statement at the #COPUOS Legal Subcommittee, under agenda #4. Information on the Activities of International Intergovernmental & Non-governmental Organizations Relating to #SpaceLaw
➡️ Statement at bit.ly/4m2WS4z 🛰️

Growth of Committee membership and universalisation of the five United Nations treaties on space law ➡️ bit.ly/44WNOYR 🛰️ A/AC.105/C.2/2025/CRP.18 #COPUOS 🇺🇳 #SpaceLaw ⚖️ #SpacePolicy 🚀 #UNGA

Looking forward to speaking about🚀#SpaceLaw 🇺🇳 at this event next Wednesday here in DC.
Register at: bit.ly/4hqVhCi
🛰️#SpaceLaw #SpacePolicy
@jhuapl.bsky.social @swfoundation.bsky.social

Conference website meetings.aaas.org
My Slides bit.ly/MoonLawScience25

Today I presented on how international space law protects science on the Moon at the AAAS Annual Meeting "Shaping Science Tomorrow", going over existing protections (and emergent themes from these protections) which we find in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, and related sources of law.

Today I presented at the ICG-IOAG Cislunar PNT Workshop, held at the UN in Vienna, and hosted by the ICG and UNOSA. My slide at: bit.ly/Moon-PNT-Law
Workshop website at: www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourw...

Join @VSamsonDC & Charlie JP Bennett on Wed, Feb. 5, 10 AM ET/1600 CET for a talk on 'Evolution of Treaties: How Are Arms Control Treaties Made?'

Register now: https://streamyard.com/watch/Za2eduJxi9tC

The need for the designation and preservation of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on the Moon | Conference Room paper at #COPUOS from the (COSPAR) Committee on Space Research, IAA, IAU, and Moon Village Association
➡️ bit.ly/3Q172nA

Potentially interesting Conference Room Paper on Artemis www.unoosa.org/oosa/oosadoc...

both #Djibouti & #Latvia join #COPUOS this year, bringing the total members of COPUOS to 104 Member States.
www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourw...