The Space Safety Institute, as envisioned by the IAASS, would be a partially government-funded independent body responsible for developing commercial spaceflight safety standards and certification procesess. Credit: IAASS illustration

LONDON — The nonprofit International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) issued a new report in March calling for the establishment of an independent Space Safety Institute to speed development of commercial space flight safety standards and certification processes. 

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Tereza Pultarova is a London-based science and technology journalist and video producer, covering European space developments for SpaceNews. A native of the Czech Republic, she has a bachelors degree in journalism from the Charles University, Prague,...