Outer Space Institute
Who we are
The Outer Space Institute (OSI) is a network of world-leading space experts united by their commitment to highly innovative, transdisciplinary research that addresses grand challenges facing the continued use and exploration of space. Comprised of physical scientists, social scientists, lawyers, engineers, industry leaders, and policy makers, there is no other body like it anywhere. The transdisciplinary approach enables the OSI to identify challenges, opportunities, and solutions that have been overlooked by other groups. By breaking down barriers that prevent people in different fields from working together, the OSI is able to further challenge assumptions that are often taken for granted in building public policy.
Latest Announcements
June 2024 Newsletter
Issue 7, June 2024
Check out our June 2024 newsletter for updates on our recent initiatives, research and publications by the Fellows, the OSI’s recently granted Permanent Observer Status to UN COPUOS, and more!
A New, Deadly Era of Space Junk Is Dawning, and No One Is Ready
July 11, 2024
Sam Lawler’s long piece for Scientific American details some of the growing concerns around uncontrolled reentries of space objects.
OSI Submission on Core Principles for Space Resource Activities
August 26, 2024
A team of OSI researchers has made a short submission to the Working Group on Legal Aspects of Space Resource Activities established under the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS).