News 2025

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...
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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)
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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 Secretary General Jean-Michel Contant, IAA Vice-President Finance Shigeki Kinai and IAA Executive Director Olivier Contant on Sunday 28...
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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...
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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 2025 and IAA Awards 2025 are now available on the occasion of the September 28,...
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On the occasion of the IAA Academy Day in Shanghai, China on September 23, 2025, Jean-Michel Contant, IAA Secretary General and Olivier Contant, IAA Executive Director, presented certificates and pins to the newly-elected Chinese IAA Academicians. Photo: Sun Yueqiang (China),...
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The 2025 CSA-IAA Conference on Advanced Space Technology was held in Shanghai from September 22 to 24. Co-hosted by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), the Chinese Society of Astronautics (CSA), and the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), the...
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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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Many experts attended the 12th IAA Symposium on Future Space Exploration in Torino, Italy on June 09-11, 2025. View Event Details
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Many experts attended the workshop on Key Issues of Manned and Deep Space Exploration, held on 03-04 June 2025, in Xi’an, China. Final Program is available at RESEARCH/SG C3 - Space Technology & System Development/SG 3.36
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