Outer Space Affairs

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has been designated as a FAO Goodwill Ambassador.

News in Brief 12 April 2021

12 April 2021

News in Brief

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American astronauts Neil Armstrong, Col. Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. and Col. Michael Collins of Apollo 11, the first men to land on the moon, visited the United Nations where they attended a ceremony in their honour at the North Plaza of the United Nations Gene

UN Photo/J. Grinde

First men on the moon ‘came in peace’ to UN Headquarters ‘for all mankind’

19 July 2019

Culture and Education

As the world remembers Saturday’s 50th anniversary of the “giant leap for mankind” made by all those involved in the pioneering Apollo 11 space programme, we take a look back at the visit made by astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, to UN Headquarters in New York, just a few weeks after their historic mission.

A rocket with the Soil Moisture Active Passive observatory onboard launches from Space Launch Complex 2 in California, United States.

NASA/Bill Ingalls

INTERVIEW: Space technology can help create a better world – Simonetta Di Pippo, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs

13 January 2017

SDGs

The heads of national space agencies, government officials and representatives from the space community worldwide are being challenged to get more women into the aerospace industry.

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