Fabrice Dennemont

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

International experts gathered at the International Symposium on Peaceful Use of Space Technology (Health) to discuss innovative applications of space technology. The three-day conference IPSPACE 2023 was held in Beijing, China on November 18-20, 2023 with scientists, entrepreneurs, educators, scholars, professionals in health, spatial IT, education, finance, insurance, energy and representatives from space agencies from all over the world. The theme of IPSPACE 2023 was peaceful use of space technology on human health with the slogan “One Space, One Home”. IPSPACE 2023 was an online and in-person hybrid event with 1 plenary session and 12 breakout sessions that focused on outer space governance under the great changes in the world, as well as green space, lunar protection, commercial aerospace, general aviation and other topics, and discussing the role of space technology in health, education, innovations in environmental protection and other fields, explore new models of international cooperation, and promote sustainable economic and social development. Photo: Group picture of Conference Chairs and Organizers at the Opening Ceremony.

Academy Day Beijing Friday, November 17th 2023 No.88 Nan Cai Yuan Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China 13h30-13h40 Opening Address 13h40-14h30 The IAA: The past two years activity and brief presentation of the future programs by Jean-Michel CONTANT, Secretary General of IAA 14h30-14h45 Videos of IAA Laurels Team Award 2023 14h45-15h15 Inductions of Newly Elected IAA Members and Group Photo 15h15-15h30 Coffee Break 15h30-15h50 Demand and Key Technologies for Asteroid Mining by ZHANG Xuhui, IAA Cooresponding Member, Executive Vice-President of China Academy of Aerospace Science and Innovation 15h50-16h10 Development Statusand Trend of Solidlaunch Vehicle Engine Technology by GAO Bo, IAA Corresponding Member, Vice President of Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technolgy 16h10-16h25 Study on Space-Ground Integrated Rendezvous and Docking Scheme in Lunar Orbit by ZHANG Duzhou, IAA Corresponding Member, Researcher of China Academy of Space Technology 16h25-16h45 Remote Sensing and Monitoring of Land and Resources in Regional Areas by LI Zhizhong, IAA Corresponding Member, Researcher of China SCO Geoscience Satellite Remote Sensing Center 16h45-17h00 Space4All: Moon Science, Exploration, Utilization and Protection by Bernard FOING, IAA Member, Executive Director of Executive Director of ILEWG 17h00 Adjournment Photo: Academy Day Beijing participants and newly elected Academicians

Chiaki Mukai, IAA Member of the Life Sciences section, received the Theodore von Karman Award of the International Academy of Astronautics on October 1st, 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo: Shigeki Kinai (Japan), John Schumacher (USA), Julie Payette (Canada), Marius-Ioan Piso (Romania), Chiaki Mukai (Japan),  Ralph McNutt (USA), Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (Romania), Jean-Michel Contant (France), Elena Fomina (Russia).

The IAA Board of Trustees held a meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan on October 1st, 2023. Photo: Olivier Contant (France), John Schumacher (USA), Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (Romania), Jean-Michel Contant (France), Shigeki Kinai (Japan), Elena Fomina (Russia), Julie Payette (Canada), Marius-Ioan Piso (Romania), Chiaki Mukai (Japan), Ralph McNutt (USA), Athena Coustenis (France), Efim Malitikov (Russia), Lev Zelenyi (Russia), Leslie Tennen (USA).

IAA Newly Elected Corresponding Members and Full Members received their certificates on Sunday October 1st, 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan during the IAA Award Dinner ceremony. The following IAA Academicians received their certificate and IAA pin on this occasion: Elchin Babayev (Azerbaijan, CM1), Vali Huseynov (Azerbaijan, CM1), Xue Yong (China, CM1), James Barrington-Brown (UK, CM2), Joon-Min Choi (South Korea, CM2), Michael Gross (USA, CM2), Wahyudi Hasbi (Indonesia, CM2), Jill Prince (USA, CM2), Kazuhito Shimada (Japan, CM3), Nasr Al-Sahhaf (Saudi Arabia, CM4), Veronica La Regina (Italy, CM4), Dhandapani Gowrisankar (India, CM4), Lori Walton (Canada, CM4), Zheng Riheng (China, CM4), David Bearden (USA, M2), Tatsuaki Hashimoto (Japan, M2), Gary Martin (USA, M2), Daniel Oltrogge (USA, M2), Noelia Sanchez Ortiz (Spain, M2), Koji Tanaka (Japan, M2), Zhu Zheng Hong George (Canada, M2), Zhou Guangming (China, M3), Olga Bannova (USA, M4), Bhavya Lal (USA, M4), Agnieszka Lukaszczyk (Poland, M4), Martha Mejia-Kaiser (Mexico, M4). Photo: Noelia Sanchez-Ortiz (Spain), Zhu Zheng-Hong (Canada), Daniel Oltrogge (USA), Marius-Ioan Piso (Romania),  Tatsuaki Hashimoto (Japan), Shigeki Kinai (Japan), Jean-Michel Contant (France), John Schumacher (USA), Ralph McNutt (USA).