Space Education and Strategic Applications Journal: Volume 5, No. 4, 2025 SESA Conference Proceedings Special Issue

The Sixth Annual Space, Education, and Strategic Applications (SESA) conference was a resounding success. This virtual, two-day conference attracted more than 300 participants representing seventeen countries worldwide. It included keynote speakers and panelists spanning a diverse range of topics, from observational astronomy to international space policy and law; analog research to space education; sustainability to human factors in space exploration. The theme of the conference drew from two key anniversaries in space exploration, including the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space telescope and the 50th anniversary of the Apollo/Soyuz test project. These two events were each pivotal in advancing our understanding of the Cosmos and furthering opportunities for international space exploration.