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).