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IAC-09 — 60th International Astronautical Congress

E4. 43rd HISTORY OF ASTRONAUTICS SYMPOSIUM

This Symposium is organized by the International Academy of Astronautics. History of space science, technology and development, rocketry and personal memoirs. The history of rocketry and astronautics of Korea. The entire spectrum of space history, at least 25 years old, is covered.

Coordinator

Christophe Rothmund
Airbus Safran Launchers — France

A. Ingemar Skoog
— Germany

Yasunori Matogawa
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — Japan

E4.1. Memoirs and Organisational Histories

History of government, industrial, academic & professional societies & organisations long engaged in astronautical endeavours.

Chairman

Hervé Moulin
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Marsha Freeman
21st Century Science & Technology — United States

Rapporteur

Niklas Reinke
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) — Germany

Andrew Erickson
Naval War College/Harvard University — United States

E4.2. Scientific and Technical History

Historical summaries of space programs, satellite and rocket projects, and technical and scientific achievements in the field of astronautics and rocketry.

Chairman

Yasunori Matogawa
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — Japan

Philippe Cosyn
Independent scholar — Belgium

Rapporteur

Christophe Rothmund
Airbus Safran Launchers — France

Theo Pirard
Space Information Center — Belgium

E4.3. History of Korean contributions ot 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 Korea.

Chairman

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

Jongho Seon
Satrec Initiative — Korea, Republic of

HYEON CHEOL GONG
Korean Aerospace Research Institute — Korea, Republic of

Rapporteur: Yasunori Matogawa
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — Japan