Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-13 — 64th International Astronautical Congress

E4. 47th IAA HISTORY OF ASTRONAUTICS SYMPOSIUM

History of space sciences, technology and development, rocketry, personal memoirs. The entire spectrum of space history, at least 25 years old, is covered as well as history of rocketry and astronautics in China.

Coordinator

Christophe Rothmund
Airbus Safran Launchers — France

Philippe Jung
Airbus SAS — France

A. Ingemar Skoog
— Germany

E4.1. Memoirs and Organisational Histories

Autobiographical and biographical memoirs of individuals who have made original contributions to the development and application of astronautics and rocketry. History of government, industrial, academic and 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

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

E4.2. Scientific and Technical Histories

Historical summaries of rocket and space programs, and the corresponding technical and scientific achievements.

Chairman

Kerrie Dougherty
— Australia

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

E4.3. History of Chinese Contribution to Astronautics

Special session with invited and proposed speakers. Origin (technical and political aspects) of the space activities and programmes of China.

Chairman: Christophe Rothmund
Airbus Safran Launchers — France

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