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Technical programme

IAC-08 — 59th International Astronautical Congress

E4. 42ND HISTORY OF ASTRONAUTICS SYMPOSIUM

This symposium is organized by the International Academy of Astronautics. Honouring the 50th Anniversary of the International Geophysical Year. History of space science, technology and development, rocketry and personal memoirs. The history of rocketry and astronautics of the UK. The entire spectrum of space history, at least 25 years old, is covered.

Coordinator

Steven Dick
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — United States

John Harlow
Aerojet Rocketdyne — United Kingdom

Christophe Rothmund
Airbus Safran Launchers — France

A. Ingemar Skoog
— Germany

E4.1. International Geophysical Year, 50th Anniversary and Organisational History

The political and programmatic implications on the course of international space activities due to the conduct of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) 1957-58. Review of scientific and technical projects and their results from the IGY. History of government, industrial, academic & professional societies & organisations long engaged in astronautical endeavours.

Chairman

Douglas Millard
The Science Museum — United Kingdom

Philippe Jung
Airbus SAS — France

Rapporteur

Frederick I. Ordway III
US Space and Rocket Center — United States

Christophe Rothmund
Airbus Safran Launchers — France

E4.2. Memoirs

Autobiographical and biographical memoirs of individuals who have made significant original contributions to the development and application of astronautics and rocketry.

Chairman

Marsha Freeman
21st Century Science & Technology — United States

Hervé Moulin
—

Rapporteur

Theo Pirard
Space Information Center — Belgium

A. Ingemar Skoog
— Germany

E4.3. Scientific & Technical Reviews

Historical summaries of space programs, satellite and rocket projects, and technical and scientific achievements.

Chairman

Steven Dick
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — United States

Kerrie Dougherty
— Australia

Rapporteur

Emily Springer
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) — United States

Charles Lundquist
University of Alabama in Huntsville — United States

E4.4. History of UK Contribution to Astronautics

Special session with invited and proposed speakers. This session will cover ancient rocketry and the origin (technical and political aspects) of the modern space programme of the UK.

Chairman

John Harlow
Aerojet Rocketdyne — United Kingdom

Otfrid G. Liepack
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory — United States

Rapporteur

Yasunori Matogawa
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — Japan

Philippe Cosyn
Independent scholar — Belgium