On the occasion of the Academy Day Sydney held on September 28, 2025, the IAA 2025 Laurels for Team Achievement Award was presented to the Ingenuity Mission Team. The 2025 Laurels for Team Achievement are given to NASA Jet Propulsion...
- October 3, 2025
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Klaus Schilling (Germany) received the IAA Engineering Sciences Section Award 2025 of the International Academy of Astronautics on September 28, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. Photo: John Schumacher (USA), Klaus Schilling (Germany), Ralph McNutt (USA), Jean-Michel Contant (France)
- October 3, 2025
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Kimitake Nakamura (Japan) received the IAA Social Sciences Book Award 2025 of the International Academy of Astronautics on September 28, 2025 in Sydney, Australia for the book "Norm Formation in Space Law". Photo: John Schumacher (USA), Kimitake Nakamura (Japan), Christopher...
- October 3, 2025
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Dr. Claudio Maccone passed away on 20 August 2025, in Torino, Italy. He was the Director for Scientific Space Exploration of the International Academy of Astronautics. He was elected a Corresponding Member for Section 2 on Engineering Sciences in 1997...
- August 21, 2025
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Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, former IAA Vice-President Scientific Activities and ISRO Chairman, died on April 25, 2025. He was elected a Corresponding Member from Section 2 Engineering Sciences in 1986, Full Member in 1996 and Honorary Member in 2018. Under his...
- May 22, 2025
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Charles Bolden, IAA Member of the Social Sciences section, received the Theodore von Karman Award of the International Academy of Astronautics on October 13, 2024 in Milan, Italy. Photo: Julie Payette (Canada), Charles Bolden (USA), Jean-Michel Contant (France), John Schumacher...
- October 16, 2024
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Prof. Wu Meirong was the Director General of the China Center for Resources Satellite Data & Application (CRESDA), Beijing, China. She was responsible for the design and development of the Data Processing System for the transmitted data from three sensors...
- July 31, 2024
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Prof. Edward C. Stone, former IAA President and director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, longtime project scientist of the agency’s Voyager mission, died on June 9, 2024. Ed Stone was elected IAA Corresponding Member in 1982 and Full Member Section...
- June 12, 2024
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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...
- March 28, 2024
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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...
- March 28, 2024
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