ACES Worldwide

The Alliance for Collaboration in the Exploration of Space, Inc., also known as ACES Worldwide, is not a membership organization and is a not-for-profit organisation under U.S. Tax Law.  ACES Worldwide functions through 9 Directors, 40 Global Advisory Members and 12 Alliance Members. ACES Worldwide is incorporated at the State Corporation Commission, Commonwealth of Virginia, USA.

ACES Worldwide operates through alliances, action agenda papers, and roundtable discussions. The decisions of ACES Worldwide are made by its highly accomplished Board of Directors, consisting of 9 individuals from 4 continents, belonging to all age groups and working in different sectors of space affairs.

An international Global Advisory Council of 40 experts from 24 countries advises the Board of Directors. Incidentally, ACES Worldwide’s Global Advisory Council includes two former directors of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), Dr. Sergio Camacho-Lara and Dr. Simonetta di Pippo, and former chair of COPUOS, Dr. David Kendall. As ACES Worldwide is an alliance for space activities, it partners with organizations working in the space sector and has 12 such organizations as partners.  ACES Worldwide was envisioned in 2021 by its founders, Dr. Joseph N. Pelton, Marlène M. Losier, Mr. Jim Crisafulli, Ms. Kim E Degnan, and Dr. Scott Madry, and thereafter, the organization was established in the same year. 

Goals and Activities: (1) Advance equitable space policy by supporting the development and harmonisation of institutional, national, and international frameworks that enable fair participation of all countries and stakeholders in space activities. (2) Promote space safety and sustainability through policy-oriented initiatives addressing space traffic management, long-term orbital sustainability, cosmic hazards, and planetary defence. (3) Encourage responsible and sustainable space use and living in space to ensure that space exploration and applications contribute to long-term human development, both on Earth and beyond. (4) We are seeking innovative approaches to enhance global collaboration as well as to inspire new regulatory frameworks and best practices to build capacity, especially in new spacefaring nations. (5) Increase space system usage to promote sustainability on Earth. ACES Worldwide's Space and Sustainability Compact Agreement initiative aims to make the benefits of space systems available to all. (6) Enable multidisciplinary engagement to address shared challenges in space exploration and utilisation.