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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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,...
- October 2, 2025
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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),...
- September 23, 2025
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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...
- September 22, 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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Many experts attended the 12th IAA Symposium on Future Space Exploration in Torino, Italy on June 09-11, 2025. View Event Details
- July 18, 2025
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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
- June 11, 2025
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The 9th IAA Planetary Defense Conference was attended by more than 300 participants in Stellenbosch, South Africa on May 05-09, 2025. Detailed information is available at EVENTS/IAA Planetary Defense Conference
- June 6, 2025
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More than 200 participants from more than 20 countries attended the 15th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth System Observation held in Berlin, Germany on May 04-08, 2025. Detailed information is available at EVENTS/IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for...
- June 6, 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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