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Technical programme

IAC-10 — 61st International Astronautical Congress

E4. 44th HISTORY OF ASTRONAUTICS SYMPOSIUM

The history of the International Academy of Astronautics. History of space science, technology and development, rocketry and personal memoirs. The history of rocketry and astronautics of the former Czechoslovakia. 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

Kerrie Dougherty
— Australia

E4.1. IAA 50th Anniversary

The history of the International Academy of Astronautics. The foundation of the Academy in 1959-60, its presidents and members. Memoirs of academicians. The political, scientific and technical achievements of the IAA.

Chairman

A. Ingemar Skoog
— Germany

Kerrie Dougherty
— Australia

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

E4.2. Memoirs and Organisational Histories

Autobiographical and biographical memoirs of individuals who have made significant original contributions to the development and application of astronautics and rocketry. History of government, industrial, academic & professional societies & organisations long engaged in astronautical endeavours.

Chairman

Marsha Freeman
21st Century Science & Technology — United States

Hervé Moulin
—

Rapporteur: Theo Pirard
Space Information Center — Belgium

E4.3. 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

Susan McKenna-Lawlor
Space Technology (Ireland) Ltd. — Ireland

Philippe Jung
Airbus SAS — France

Rapporteur: William Cuthbert Jones
Executive Intelligence Review News Service — United States

E4.4. History of Contributions to Astronautics of former Czechoslovakia

Special session with invited papers. This section covers rocketry and the origin of space programmes of former Czechoslovakia.

Chairman

John Becklake
— United Kingdom

Lubos Perek
Astronomical Institute, Czech Academy of sciences — Czech Republic

Rapporteur: Charles Lundquist
University of Alabama in Huntsville — United States