An organisation for the promotion of Space Awareness, Education and Research for the benefit of all in
our nation.

We are entering an era of unprecedented discovery, research and advancement. Outer Space is mankind's most challenging frontier of exploration...owned by no man or country...a place where all earthbound preconceptions and discriminations fall away.

For the past fifty years South Africa has played an important role in the 'Space Race' and is now coming into its own with its own Space Agency.

South Africa has accumulated most of the essential elements to support a national space programme. There will now be a period of consolidation to fill the gaps in infrastructure and human capital requirements so that this country can develop a comprehensive set of space capabilities to meet its needs.

In 2008, the South African cabinet approved the establishment of a South African Space Agency to act as an institutional vehicle for the coordination and implementation of national space science and technology programmes.

However, the South African space arena is much broader than activities linked to government. The time has come to establish a nongovernmental forum to engage with government on a wide range of space science and technology issues.