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About the Space Safety Institute

The Aerospace Corporation has established a Space Safety Institute to support government, industry, and international customers on all aspects of spaceflight safety, including human safety, launch, operations, reentry, and cyber.

 

Vision of the Space Safety Institute

The Space Safety Institute’s vision is to move toward space activities that are safe, to promote economic and scientific development, and to support the long-term sustainability of outer space.

The Space Safety Institute pursues this vision by:

  • Advancing best practices and sharing knowledge for safe space operations across the space enterprise.
  • Bringing physics and engineering analyses to inform safe operations, governance, policy, and management in six mission areas.
  • Exploring synergies with other organizations supporting commercial, government, academia for  the sustainable use of outer space.

Through SSI, Aerospace routinely presents at conferences and publishes information from independent research related to virtually all aspects of space safety. 

 

Mission Areas

The Space Safety Institute aims to advance space safety systematically and holistically in the following mission areas:

The Space Safety Institute supports government, commercial, and international customers with independent technical support through the following activities:

  • Safety assessments
  • Standards and best practices
  • Research and development
  • Infrastructure, tools, and data
  • Policy and strategy development
  • Safety education

 

Policy and Strategy

Aerospace established SSI leveraging a network of experts, including Aerospace’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy, with experience in safety and complementary areas to help inform government policy selection. SSI cultivates interdisciplinary and international links within the broader space community, working directly with government space agencies, academic and nonprofit partners, commercial companies, and U.S. allies to pursue sustainable space futures.