The IAA Board of Trustees held its 127th meeting in Paris, France on March 26, 2024 at the IAA Headquarters. Photo: Julie Payette (Canada), Jean-Michel Contant (France), John Schumacher (USA), Elena Fomina (Russia),  Chrysoula Kourtidou-Papadeli (Greece), Athena Coustenis (France), Marius-Ioan Piso (Romania), Giovanni Palmerini (Italy), Shigeki Kinai (Japan), Lev Zelenyi (Russia), James Chilton (USA), Christopher Geiger (USA), Olivier Contant (France), Ralph McNutt (USA), Jan-Willem den Herder (Netherlands), Junichiro Kawaguchi (Japan).

IAA Newly Elected Full Members received their certificates and IAA pins from IAA President John Schumacher, IAA Vice-President Scientific Activities Ralph McNutt, IAA Vice-President Awards & Membership Chrisoula Kourtidou-Papadeli, IAA Vice-President Publications & Communication Marius-Ioan Piso, and IAA Vice-President Finance Shigeki Kinai, on Monday 25 March 2024 in Paris, France during the IAA Award Dinner ceremony. Photo: Jean-Michel Contant (France), Chrysoula Kourtidou-Papadeli (Greece), Marius-Ioan Piso (Romania), Ralph McNutt (USA), Holger Krag (Germany), Christopher Geiger (USA), Piero Messina (Italy), Peter Ekweozoh (Nigeria), Salvador Landeros Ayala (Mexico), Scott Madry (USA), Shigeki Kinai (Japan), Yuichiro Tsuda (Japan), John Schumacher (USA).

Patrizia Caraveo, IAA Corresponding Member section 1, received the IAA Basic Sciences Book Award 2023 of the International Academy of Astronautics on March 25, 2024 in Paris, France for the book "Saving the Starry Night". Photo: Marius-Ioan Piso (Romania), Jean-Michel Contant (France), Chrysoula Kourtidou-Papadeli (Greece), Patrizia Caraveo (Italy), Ralph McNutt (USA), Shigeki Kinai (Japan), John Schumacher (USA).

IAA Newly Elected Corresponding Members received their certificates and IAA pins on Monday 25 March 2024 in Paris, France during the IAA Award Dinner ceremony.  Photo: Jean-Michel Contant (France), Chrysoula Kourtidou-Papadeli (Greece), Marius-Ioan Piso (Romania), Ralph McNutt (USA), Atsuya Takeshita (Japan), Irina Dyachuk (Ukraine), Adrianos Golemis (Greece), Georg Herdrich (Germany), Thomas Widemann (France), Martin Dominik (UK), Shigeki Kinai (Japan), John Schumacher (USA).

2024 IAA Spring meetings All meetings are at Paris time. Online meetings: Monday 11 March 2024 14h00-16h00 Commission 5 Chair Didier Alary 17h00-19h00 Commission 1 Chair Gerhard Schwehm Tuesday 12 March 2024 14h00-16h00 Commission 4 Chair Paolo Gasbarri 17h00-19h00 Commission 3 Chair Yury Razoumny Wednesday 13 March 2024 14h00-16h00 Commission 2 Chair Antonios Kyparos 17h00-19h00 Commission 6 Chair Olga Bannova Thursday 14 March 2024 15h00-17h00 IAA Scientific Activities Committee (SAC) meeting Chair Ralph McNutt (by invitation only) ——————————————————————————————————————– Hybrid meetings (Online & Face-to-Face): IAA Office, 6 rue Galilée, 75116 Paris, France Monday 25 March 2024 09h00-11h00 IAA Scientific Activities Committee (SAC) Chair Ralph McNutt (by invitation only) 11h00-13h00 IAA History Committee Chair Otfried Liepack 11h00-12h00 IAA Finance Committee meeting Chair Shigeki Kinai (by invitation only) 14h00-17h00 IAA Publication & Communication Committee Chair Marius-Ioan Piso (by invitation only) 14h15-16h15 IAA Study Group 3.30 Space & its Utility in Forecasting & Mitigating Climate Change 17h00-18h30 IAA co-Editors Acta Astronautica Chair Rock Chern (USA) (by invitation only) 19h00-23h00 IAA Gala Dinner  (in advance registration required: deadline March 15, 2024) Tuesday 26 March 2024  09h00-12h00 Awards & Membership Committee Chair Chrysoula Kourtidou-Papadeli (by invitation only) 14h00-19h00 Board of Trustees Chair John Schumacher (by invitation only) Wednesday 27 March 2024  09h00-10h30 IAA Space Debris Committee  Chair Christophe Bonnal (by invitation only) New CAP Conference Center 15h00-17h00 IAA Study Group 4.27 Low cost highly autonomous (AI) small satellite constellation for deep space exploration Chair Yuichiro Nogawa Friday 29 March 2024  10h00-11h30 IAA Space Solar Power Committee Chair John Mankins Photo: IAA