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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...
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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...
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IAA Newly Elected 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...
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IAA Newly Elected 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...
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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...
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Please see our Media Section to access the most recent press releases issued by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). Announcements on IAA new members 2024 and IAA Awards 2024 are now available on the occasion of the October 13,...
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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...
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Many Academicians and international experts attended the Academy Day Busan held on Saturday July 13, 2024 on the occasion of the COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Organizers of this event were Ralph McNutt, Athena Coustenis and Rosaly Lopes. Welcome addresses were given by...
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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...
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The 4th IAA Conference on Space Situational Awareness took place on May 8-10, 2024 in Daytona Beach, FL, USA. On this occasion, Newly Elected Academician Emmanouil Georgoulis (Corresponding Member section 1) received his certificate and pin from IAA Board of...
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