Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-11 — 62nd International Astronautical Congress

E4. 45th IAA HISTORY OF ASTRONAUTICS SYMPOSIUM

50th anniversary of the first manned spaceflights. History of space science, technology and development, rocketry and personal memoirs. The history of rocketry and astronautics of South Africa. The entire spectrum of space history, at least 25 years old, is covered.

Coordinator

Christophe Rothmund
Airbus Safran Launchers — France

A. Ingemar Skoog
— Germany

Philippe Jung
Airbus SAS — France

Philippe Cosyn
Independent scholar — Belgium

E4.1. 50th Anniversary of Manned Space Flight

Memoirs, political and industrial history and overviews of the first manned spaceflight projects in the USSR and the USA.

Chairman

Yasunori Matogawa
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — Japan

Kerrie Dougherty
— Australia

Rapporteur

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

Philippe Cosyn
Independent scholar — Belgium

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
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Rapporteur

Theo Pirard
Space Information Center — Belgium

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

E4.3. Scientific & Technical History

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

Chairman

Philippe Jung
Airbus SAS — France

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

Rapporteur

Christophe Rothmund
Airbus Safran Launchers — France

William Cuthbert Jones
Executive Intelligence Review News Service — United States

E4.4. History of South African contribution to astronautics

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

Chairman

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

TBD
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Rapporteur

Christophe Rothmund
Airbus Safran Launchers — France

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