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).
Oliver Ullrich, IAA Member section 3, received the Life Sciences Award 2023 of the International Academy of Astronautics on October 1st, 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo: Elena Fomina (Russia), Oliver Ullrich (Germany), Jean-Michel Contant (France), Marius-Ioan Piso (Romania).
Anna Kussmaul, IAA Member section 3, received the Life Sciences Award 2021 of the International Academy of Astronautics on October 1st, 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo: Anna Kussmaul (Russia), Elena Fomina (Russia), Jean-Michel Contant (France).
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