United Nations Basic Space Science Initiative (UNBSSI) 1991-2012 and Beyond

Abstract

The present paper contains an overview and summary on the achievements of the basic space science initiative in terms of donated and provided planetariums, astronomical instruments, and space weather instruments, particularly operating in developing nations. These instruments have been made available to respective host countries, particularly developing nations, through the series of twenty basic space science workshops,

Space Science and Technology Education, Teaching, Research

“…In the past 30 years, these Regional Centres have developed in the spirit to understand and make available space science and technology necessarily intertwined with social expressions in the cultures where they are carried out as detailed in Ref. [ 8 , 9 ].…”

United Nations Education Program in Space Science and Technology 1988-2018

“…The book on probability and statistics is available Open Access at https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/495845. and technology at the centres and universities around the world and was further explored during workshops organized by the United Nations in the period of time from 1991 to 2012(Mathai & Haubold, 2018).…”