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APM International Space Sector Interest Network

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Welcome to the APM International Space Sector Interest Network.

Ready to make a difference? Dive into our network and become part of something truly special. Whether you're passionate about volunteering, seeking valuable resources on the International Space Sector, or eager to network with like minded project professionals at our exciting events, there's a place for you here.

Volunteer opportunities await. Join us to create positive change! From webinars to networking events, there are countless ways you can contribute your time and skills to make a difference.

Discover valuable resources. Empower yourself with knowledge and tools to drive progress forward. Explore our resources below filled with insightful articles, practical guides, and useful tools designed to support your career.

Our purpose?
We want to create an international forum that brings together individuals from across the international space sector, sharing best practices, exchanging knowledge, facilitating discussions and events, and supporting capability building. Together, we will enhance the management and delivery of space projects and programmes.

What do we do?
We provide a collaborative open forum for those working in or curious about the international space sector. This forum brings together organisations and individuals from across the globe to share knowledge and expertise on project management standards within the sector.

We inform our members by highlighting some of the biggest programmes, projects, and technologies used in the sector, both regionally and internationally. We are also working to improve diversity within the space sector by engaging with underrepresented groups such as women and young people.

Our diverse community of senior leaders, academics, and professionals collectively facilitate improvements to project, programme, and portfolio management in the international space sector.

What do we offer our followers?
We provide regular opportunities for those working in or interested in the international space sector to connect with like-minded individuals. Whether through webinars or in-person meet-ups, we offer platforms for engagement, learning, networking, and career advancement.

How to get involved?
Our diverse community is open to both those working within and those interested in project, programme and portfolio management across the international space sector. We invite professionals of all types to join us — senior leaders, academics, industry and space agency professionals. We aim to reach as wide a group as possible, so please get in touch.

Network Founder and UK Government Advisor to the European Space Agency Martina Blake explains: “Our goal is to facilitate a diverse and inclusive international forum that collectively advances project management worldwide. Together we will provide a vital platform for collaboration, forging a multilateral alliance among space agencies, governments, industry, and academia."

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APM Interest Network Volunteer

This volunteering opportunity offers a chance to support and facilitate knowledge sharing and the production of thought leadership content within the network's area of interest. 

Volunteers can be either APM members or non-members.

Recruitment for Interest Network Volunteers for this network takes place twice a year - in February and July - so please look out for announcements when applications open.

World Space Week 2026 (4-10 October) The Rocket Revolution

Why project professionals are mission-critical for strategic success in the space sector

Views on how a project management-led approach can result in success for organisations in the space sector.

The revolution starts here: How launch is changing?

Behind the launch are people managing complexity, navigating uncertainty, making critical decisions and bringing diverse teams together around a shared purpose. Project management and leadership are what turn possibility into progress and ambition into mission success.

Profile interview: Meet the rocket builders: The people behind propulsion

Interview exploring how space isn’t just about the rockets – it’s a much broader industry than most people realise covering everything from telecommunications to satellite image analysis, and on the hardware side it includes mass produced components and highly specialised scientific research instruments, not just whole spacecraft.

Podcast: Human Factors: Preparing to ride on a rocket – insights from a reserve astronaut

We're living through a remarkable period in human history. Behind every rocket is a team of people, a vision, and countless projects that transform what's possible into reality. 

When the playbook fails: Why navigating uncertainty is the future of project leadership

When a high-stakes, complex initiative hits unexpected turbulence, the breakdown rarely happens in the Gantt chart. It happens in human dynamics.

World Space Week 2026 - quick quiz

A fun way to test your knowledge and discover something new about space, project leadership and the people shaping the Rocket Revolution.

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When the playbook fails: Why navigating uncertainty is the future of project leadership

When a high-stakes, complex initiative hits unexpected turbulence, the breakdown rarely happens in the Gantt chart. It happens in human dynamics.  

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APM International Space Sector IN podcast, Human Factors: Preparing to ride on a rocket – insights from a reserve astronaut

We're living through a remarkable period in human history. Behind every rocket is a team of people, a vision, and countless projects that transform what's possible into reality.

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Meet the rocket builders: The people behind propulsion

Interview exploring how space isn’t just about the rockets – it’s a much broader industry than most people realise covering everything from telecommunications to satellite image analysis, and on the hardware side it includes mass produced components and highly specialised scientific research instruments, not just whole spacecraft.

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The revolution starts here: How launch is changing?

Every successful mission reminds us that technology alone is never enough. Behind the launch are people managing complexity, navigating uncertainty, making critical decisions and bringing diverse teams together around a shared purpose. Project management and leadership are what turn possibility into progress and ambition into mission success. 

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World Space Week: Why project professionals are mission-critical for strategic success in the space sector

Ahead of World Space Week (4 October-10 October 2026), Martina Blake, and Mark Heelis, Lead and Deputy Lead of the APM International Space Sector Interest Network share their views on how a project management-led approach can result in success for organisations in the space sector.

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In the Spotlight: Space Solar webinar

Establishing solar energy from space.

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Intersection series: Authors making space accessible and relevant webinar

In the first of the APM’s International Space Sector Interest Network Intersection webinar series, we explored the crossover between the space sector and other disciplines - and how ideas, practices, and creative approaches transfer in unexpected and valuable ways. 

This session brought together space exploration, education, and storytelling through the perspectives of two leading voices from the National Space Centre. 

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In the Spotlight: Nammo webinar

Shining a light on the project management at Nammo which has enabled the success of the LEROS 4 engine, a high-performance bipropellant thruster designed for deep-space missions which has undergone extensive hot-fire testing at the UK’s National Space Propulsion Test Facility in Westcott.

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In the Spotlight: RAL Space webinar

The latest spotlight webinar we feature RAL Space case studies, the UK’s national lab advancing space science, satellite engineering, mission operations, and data analysis.

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Transforming space solutions: upgrades to a world-class robotic facility webinar

Blogs

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Earth vs The Space Rocks: Managing risk on a planetary scale

Learn how asteroid defence missions like DART and Hera demonstrate complex programme management, collaboration and systems thinking.

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Living in space: How Leicester is shaping human futures beyond Earth

 

 

 

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From pointe shoes to project plans – life lessons from the perspective of middle age

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