Vol. 9 pp. 600-617

S.V. Krichevsky

SUSTAINABLE SPACE EXPLORATION IN THE PARADIGMS OF EXPANSION AND ECODEVELOPMENT

Annotation. The article presents new research materials on the history and prospects of the development of space technology and activities in Russia and the world in connection with the 100th anniversary of K.E. Tsiolkovsky's publication of the overall plan the expansion of humanity into the Universe (1926) and the 65th anniversary of the first human spaceflight (Yuri Gagarin, 12.04.1961). In line with K.E. Tsiolkovsky's ideas and plan about expansion into space, the works of A.D. Ursul (28.07.1936–5.11.2020) on space exploration and sustainable development, strategy and plan of the UN Space 2030 Agenda (2024), developed a new approach and concept of sustainable space exploration in the paradigms of expansion and eco-development. The methodological foundations, history, experience, problems and prospects are presented. The following are proposed: a general model of the space exploration in the XX–XXI centuries; model of a new process of sustainable space exploration in the XXI century. The transition to sustainable human space exploration from the 20s of the 21st century is highlighted for permanent life outside the Earth, colonization of the Moon and Mars. Peaceful sustainable space exploration, expansion into space is an important addition, a «balancer», a limiter and an alternative to dangerous expansion on Earth, an accelerator of development and a chance to save humanity. Aspects of flight safety, human life, human activities, environmental sustainability of the Earth and space, sustainable development of the technosphere, greening of space technologies and activities, and ecological expansion are reflected.

Keywords: safety of flights and human life and activities, concept, space technology and activities, environment, technosphere, sustainable space exploration, sustainable development, humanity, eco-development, expansion.

For citation: Krichevsky S.V. [Sustainable space exploration in the paradigms of expansion and ecodevelopment] Upravlenie tekhnosferoi, 2026, vol. 9, issue 3. рр. 600 – 617. DOI 10.35634/UdSU.2026.71.34.002

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About the author

Krichevsky Sergey Vladimirovich

Professor, Doctor of Philosophy, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Chief Researcher of the Department of History of Technology and Technical Sciences of the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science «S.I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences» (IHST RAS), 125315 Moscow, Baltiyskaya str., 14, Russia.

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