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Elif Yüksel and Sydney Wisnosky received ISTP fellowship awards for the 2023-2024 academic year. SPI congratulates each of the awardees, and thanks Axiom Space for their generous support.

Elif Yüksel is a Fullbrighter and former research intern at EURISY, European Space Agencies Associations, in the use of space applications for societal benefits.

Sydney Wisnosky is a former intern for the NASA Ames Extractor for Chemical Analysis of Lipid Biomarkers in Regolith Project through the Axient Corporation. She has presented research at the 2022 Astrobiology Science Conference.

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Elizabeth Anderson, Jessica Denham, Adam Stegal, and Eleanor Creasey received ISTP fellowship awards for the 2023-2024 academic year. SPI congratulates each of the awardees, and thanks Amazon Web Services for their generous support.

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Elizabeth Anderson works as an International Program Specialist at NASA’s Office of International and Interagency Relations where her portfolio is focused on Earth science and emerging international partnerships.

Jessica Denham works at the Aerospace Corporation, where she is a member of the Horizon Scanning Cadre, the Strategic Advisory Council, and the Ideation Dev Team.

Adam Stegal is continuing a federal internship, helping to design a neurodiversity program that will be implemented across multiple agencies and serves on the Presidential Selection Committee for Warren Wilson College.

Ellie Creasey  is currently an intern at the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center where she researches the geopolitical consequences of emerging technologies. Ellie worked with the Department of State and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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SPI Director Dr. Scott Pace was invited to the In-Q-Tel's IQT Explains series to discuss the future of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) on November 21st 2023, alongside Steve Poizner, CEO of oneNav. The discussion highlights the importance of GPS for both civilian and military capabilities and the challenges that it faces in keeping up with competing foreign systems.

Please find the IQT podcast episode below:

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On November 15 and 16 2023, the Space Policy Institute welcomed distinguished members of the US and Norwegian space communities to a seminar dedicated to transatlantic cooperation on space technology and policy in the Arctic region.

The two day-event offered a strategic outlook for the transatlantic partnership, including elements such as civil-military cooperation and dual use technologies, access to space as a strategic asset, and space exploration. Panelists shared success stories of international collaboration between Norway and the United states, both bilaterally and multilaterally under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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On September 15, 2023, the Space Policy Institute hosted Dr. Anna Christmann, the Coordinator for Aerospace Policy at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and member of the German Bundestag. Dr. Christmann presented the main points of the newest German space strategy.

 

For those who could not join the event in person, you can find the full presentation below:

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On September 12, 2023, the Space Policy Institute brought to the Elliott School of International Affairs the revered "Our Fragile Space" exhibition, by photographer and creative strategist Max Alexander.

The innaugural event of the exhibition included an introduction from award winning journalist and author Dr. Stuart Clark, followed by esteemed speakers Krystal Azelton, Director of Space Applications Programs at Secure World Foundation, and Dr. Scott Pace, Director of the Space Policy Institute.

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