{"id":643026,"date":"2024-04-09T12:50:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T16:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=press-release&p=643026"},"modified":"2024-04-09T12:50:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T16:50:22","slug":"new-nasa-strategy-envisions-sustainable-future-for-space-operations","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/new-nasa-strategy-envisions-sustainable-future-for-space-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"New NASA Strategy Envisions Sustainable Future for Space Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/space-debris.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/space-debris.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/space-debris.jpg 4096w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/space-debris.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/space-debris.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/space-debris.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/space-debris.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/space-debris.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/space-debris.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/space-debris.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/space-debris.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/space-debris.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/space-debris.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/space-debris.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/space-debris.jpg?resize=900,900 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/space-debris.jpg?resize=1200,1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/space-debris.jpg?resize=2000,2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Low Earth orbit, the focus of volume one of NASA\u2019s Space Sustainability Strategy, is the most concentrated area for orbital debris. This computer-generated image showcases objects that are currently being tracked.\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credits: NASA ODPO<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>To address a rapidly changing space operating environment and ensure its preservation for generations to come, NASA released the first part of its integrated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nasa-space-sustainability-strategy-march-20-2024-tagged3.pdf?emrc=66372ab3edf94\">Space Sustainability Strategy,<\/a> on Tuesday advancing the agency\u2019s role as a global leader on this crucial issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe release of this strategy marks true progress for NASA on space sustainability,\u201d said NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy. \u201cSpace is busy \u2013 and only getting busier. If we want to make sure that critical parts of space are preserved so that our children and grandchildren can continue to use them for the benefit of humanity, the time to act is now. NASA is making sure that we\u2019re aligning our resources to support sustainable activity for us and for all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For decades, NASA has served as a proactive leader for responsible and sustainable space operations. Entities across the agency develop best practices, analytic tools, and technologies widely adopted by operators around the world. The new strategy seeks to integrate those efforts through a whole-of-agency approach \u2013 allowing NASA to focus its resources on the most pressing issues. To facilitate that integration, NASA will appoint a new director of space sustainability to coordinate activities across the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key aspects of our approach include providing global leadership in space sustainability, supporting equitable access to space, and ensuring NASA’s missions and operations enhance space sustainability.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Space environments currently are seeing the rapid emergence of commercial capabilities, many of them championed by NASA. These capabilities include increased low Earth orbit satellite activity and plans for the use of satellite constellations, autonomous spacecraft, and commercial space destinations. However, this increased activity also has generated challenges, such as an operating environment more crowded with spacecraft and increased debris. Understanding the risks and benefits associated with this growth is crucial for space sustainability.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Developed under the leadership of a crossagency advisory board, the space sustainability strategy focuses on advancements NASA can make toward measuring and assessing space sustainability in Earth orbit, identifying cost-effective ways to meet sustainability targets, incentivizing the adoption of sustainable practices through technology and policy development, and increasing efforts to share and receive information with the rest of the global space community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s approach to space sustainability recognizes four operational domains: Earth, Earth orbit, the orbital area near and around the Moon known as cislunar space, and deep space, including other celestial bodies. The first volume of the strategy focuses on sustainability in Earth orbit. NASA plans to produce additional volumes focusing on the other domains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the Space Sustainability Strategy at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/spacesustainability\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/spacesustainability<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amber Jacobson \/ Rob Margetta<br>Headquarters, Washington<br>202-358-1600<br><a href=\"mailto:amber.c.jacobson@nasa.gov\">amber.c.jacobson@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ <a href=\"mailto:robert.j.margetta@nasa.gov\">robert.j.margetta@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 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