Press Release – Appointment of the Chair of the International Moon Day Group
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Vienna, Austria – (January 17, 2022) – On Monday January 17 2022, the Moon Village Association (MVA), announced the appointment of Dr. Nasr Al-Sahhaf as Chair of the International Moon Day Group (IMD-G). Because MVA has been an early advocate…
Press Release – Proclamation of the International Moon Day by the United Nations
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Vienna, Austria – (December 18, 2021) – On Tuesday, December 14, the Moon Village Association (MVA), announced the proclamation of the International Moon Day from the United Nations (UN). The official announcement took place via a Press Conference, hosted by…
Press Release – Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activities (GEGSLA) 1st Public Webinar
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Vienna, Austria – September 13, 2021The near future will see a multitude of lunar missions through the efforts of both space agencies and commercial stakeholders’. However, the current lack of coordination mechanisms for lunar activities challenges future missions and it…
Press Release- International Moon Day proclamation endorsed by United Nation COPUOS
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Vienna, Austria – (September 08, 2021) – On Thursday, September 2, during the UN-COPUOS 64th Session, the proposal submitted by the Moon Village Association (MVA), for a proclamation of the International Moon Day on July 20, the anniversary of the…
Press Release – MVA and Drake State Community & Technical College sign an MoU
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Vienna, Austria – (April 26, 2021) – On Wednesday, April 21, 2021 leaders of the Moon Village Association (MVA) and the Drake State Community & Technical College (Drake State) finalized an important Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to further their shared…
Press Release – Egypt has joined the Moon Village Association
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Vienna, Austria – (December 21, 2020) Egyptian Space Agency Joined the Moon Village Association (MVA) to further participate in the development of various projects aiming at moon exploration. Egypt is active in the MVA Participation of Emerging Space Countries (PESC)…
Press Release – Moon Village Association launches Global Expert Group for Sustainable Lunar Activities
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Vienna, Austria – (November 9, 2020) – The near future will see a multitude of lunar missions through the efforts of both space agencies and commercial stakeholders. This concentrated lunar activity has brought with it an urgency to agree on…
Press Release – Moon Village Association publishes Best Practices for sustainable lunar activities, Issue 1
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Vienna, Austria – (October 21, 2020) – On the 5th of March 2020, the Moon Village Association (MVA) published its draft Best Practices for Sustainable Lunar Activities, with the goal of encouraging all stakeholders interested in lunar activities to develop,…
Press Release – Ukraine has joined the Moon Village Association
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Vienna, Austria – (August 3, 2020) The State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSAU) has officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Moon Village Association (MVA) and will further participate in development of various projects to implement sustainable habitation…