New Space, New Challenges: Nationality in Space Law

The term nationality expresses the idea of belonging to a state in international law both for natural persons, and for legal persons (or in the wording of the Liability Convention, juridical persons) or objects. At the same time, not all languages distinguish between the terms citizenship and nationality. In those languages which mark this duality, the terms nationality and nationalité are used for this legal bond in international law, while citizenship, citoyenneté in domestic law, can be traced back to the historical roots of the etymology of the words…