session 1

Title

Overview Session (Present and Near-Term Human Space Flight Programs)

type

oral

Description

The session provides the forum for “Overview” papers and presentations on present and evolving Human Space programs in and beyond Low Earth Orbit. It is anticipated that this Session will include the current status of the International Space Station, the future plans of those nations with an autonomous or evolving human space flight program and the spacecraft being developed to support them, and other human space flight programs including those under development as commercial ventures. Technical papers to be presented are expected to portray the latest development of these programs.

Date

2011-10-03

Time

15:00

Room

TS-03

IPC members

• Chairman: Mr. Graham Gibbs, Canadian Space Agency (RETD), Canada;

• Chairman: Mr. John Uri, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Johnson Space Center, United States;

• Rapporteur: Prof. Rainer Willnecker, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Germany;