Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-08 — 59th International Astronautical Congress

A1. SPACE LIFE SCIENCES SYMPOSIUM

The symposium jointly organized by the International Academy of Astronautics and the International Astronautical Federation will cover all topics of space life sciences including human physiology and psychology, risk mitigation, radiation health, life support and astrobiology and gravitational biology.

Coordinator: John D. Rummel
SETI Institute — United States

A1.1. Behavior, Performance and Psychosocial Issues in Space

The session will deal with psychological, interpersonal, cultural, cognitive, circadian/sleep, and human factors issues and countermeasures related to human spaceflight and space exploration.

Chairman

Nick Kanas
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) — United States

Dietrich Manzey
Technical University of Berlin — Germany

Rapporteur: Vadim Gushin
Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) — Russian Federation

A1.2. Integrative Human Physiology and Countermeasures

The session focuses on all aspects of human physiological responses to spaceflight and ground analogs and on new approaches to countermeasures.

Chairman

Inesa Kozlovskaya
State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation - Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences — Russian Federation

Ronald J. White
Montana Technological University — United States

Rapporteur: Satoshi Iwase
Aichi Medical University — Japan

A1.3. Exploration Missions: Human Health and Performance Risk Management

This session will focus on a broad spectrum of activities relating to human health and performance risk management on exploration missions, including assessment, prevention and mitigation strategies.

Chairman

Anatoly I. Grigoriev
Russian Academy of Sciences — Russian Federation

Kathy Laurini
Osare Space Consulting Group — United States

Rapporteur: Peter Graef
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) — Germany

A1.4. Radiation Health Issues in Human Spaceflight

Radiation effects on biological systems, the characterization of the radiation environment and protection from space radiation are the topics of this session.

Chairman

Günther Reitz
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) — Germany

Francis A. Cucinotta
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — United States

Rapporteur: Giovanni De Angelis
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology — Russian Federation

A1.5. Environmental Control and Life Support Systems

This session will deal with strategies and technologies to supply needs for humans while exploring deep space and lunar planetary surfaces.

Chairman

Bernhard Koch
DLR VO-R Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) — Germany

A. Ingemar Skoog
— Germany

Rapporteur: Paivi Jukola
Aalto University — Finland

A1.6. Astrobiology and Gravitational Biology

This session will address current threads in the search for life elsewhere in the Universe, and life’s behavior in conditions of altered gravitation.

Chairman

François Raulin
Université de Paris XII et Paris VII — France

John D. Rummel
SETI Institute — United States

Rapporteur: Catharine Conley
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — United States

A1.7.-A2.7. Joint Session on Physical Sciences and Life Sciences for Space Exploration

Space life science and physical science is essential in preparation for the exploration in space and long duration flights. The understanding of the biological consequences of microgravity and radiation exposure will be significant to humans living in space. The session will be to bring together scientists from different fields to discuss topics of interdisciplinary character for space exploration, i.e. radiation biology, radiation shielding, bio-fluids under microgravity, habitats and life support systems, exploration of planetary resources, biochemical analysis, environmental resource utilisation.

Chairman

Jancy C. McPhee
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Johnson Space Center — United States

Rainer Willnecker
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) — Germany

Rapporteur

Vladislav Petrov
State Scientific Center of Russian Federation — Russian Federation

Ziad Saghir
Ryerson University — Canada