Dr Langston will be speaking at the UN Conference on Space Law and Policy, in Vienna Austria 19-21 November, 2024. She will be joining panel presentations on: Dark and Quiet Skies and Legal Framework. Her presentation addresses “Legal and Ethical Considerations For Balancing Space Innovation and Dark Sky Preservation.”

Previous research on this topic was published with Ms. Kayla Taylor in the journal of Space Policy “Evaluating the benefits of dark and quiet skies in an age of satellite mega-constellations” (2024) and summarized in an OpEd “Cosmos at a Crossroads – Navigating Astronomy and Satellite Mega-Constellations” in SpaceWatch Global (2024).