Year: 2019

Newly elected members received their certificate during the IAA Academy Day on October 20, 2019 in Washington DC, USA.

The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), has elected in July 2019 new members, many of whom were inducted on 20 October 2019 in Washington DC., USA during an Academy Day Honor Night Dinner.

The China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellites Data Processing System on October 20, 2019 in Washington DC, USA.

Photo: From left to the right: Francisco Mendieta-Jimenez, Mexico, Marius-Ioan Piso, Romania, Wu Meirong, China Jose R. Braga Coelho, Brazil and Jean-Michel Contant France.

Arthur Dula received the 2019 Social Sciences section Award on October 20, 2019 in Washington DC, USA.

Photo: from left to the right: Francisco Mendieta-Jimenez, Mexico, Marius-Ioan Piso, Romania, Arthur Dula, USA and Jean-Michel Contant, France.

Christopher Russel received the 2019 IAA Basic Sciences section Award on October 20, 2019 in Washington DC, USA.

Photo: From left to the right: Francisco Mendieta-Jimenez, Mexico, Ralph McNutt, USA, Christopher Russell, Canada and Jean-Michel Contant, France.

IAA Board of Trustees 2019-2021 on October 20, 2019 in Washington DC, USA. Photo: from left to the right: Jean-Michel Contant, France, Daniel Neuenschwander, Switzerland, John Schumacher USA, James Chilton, USA, Antonio Viviani, Italy, Jeffrey Davis, USA, Ralph McNutt, Jr. USA, Jose R. Braga Coelho, Brazil, Wu Meirong, China, Marius-Ioan Piso, Romania, Shigeki Kinai, Japan, Peter Jankowitsch, Austria, Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu, Romania, Joseph Landon, USA, Elena Fomina, Russia and Francisco Mendieta-Jimenez, Mexico.

Charles Elachi, IAA Member of the Basic Sciences received the Theodore von Karman Award of the International Academy of Astronautics on October 20, 2019 in Washington DC, USA. The citation reads: “For a lifetime of scientific and engineering leadership that enabled breathtaking advances in knowledge of Earth, Solar System and Universe. Synthetic aperture radar which he invented has been utilized for study of Earth and every major body in the Solar System. As Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory he led the creation of 24 NASA space science missions, all with significant international participation. His nurturing of three generations of scientists and engineers has paved the way for decades of continuing advances in the space sciences.”

Photo: from left to the right: John Schumacher, USA, Francisco Mendieta-Jimenez, Mexico, Charles Elachi, USA, Peter Jankowitsch, Austria, Marius-Ioan Piso, Romania and Jean-Michel Contant, France.

Buzz Aldrin, receiving the Honorary Member diploma of the International Academy of Astronautics on October 20, 2019 in Washington DC, USA. Photo: From left to the right: Jean-Michel Contant, France, Francisco Mendieta-Jimenez, Mexico, Buzz Aldrin, USA, Peter Jankowitsch, Austria and Antonio Viviani, Italy.

The 6th IAA Space Flight Safety Symposium (SFS) took place on 23-26 September 2019 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. During the Symposium 10 technical lectures were delivered. 24 oral presentations with questions and answers were delivered by young scientists. Topics discussed were Moon Station Safety, Protection of Space structures from space debris collisions and micrometeoroids, Fire safety of Space vehicles, Safety at launch and during splashdown, Propulsion systems, Radiation hazards and safety, and Supercomputer predictive modeling for ensuring Space program safety. The first day of the Symposium was a cultural event – a group visit to the Hermitage museum. On the second day of Symposium all participants watched the midday volley of two guns at Peter and Paul Fortress. The Plenary speakers Mikhail Marov and Nickolay Smirnov were given the honor by the city authorities to fire from the cannon thus announcing midday.