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    Title

    50th Anniversary of Manned Space Flight

    type

    oral

    Description

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

    Date

    2011-10-04

    Time

    15:00

    Room

    TS-15

    IPC members
    • Chairman: Prof. Yasunori Matogawa, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan;

    • Chairman: Ms. Kerrie Dougherty, Australia;

    • Rapporteur: Dr. Otfrid G. Liepack, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States;

    • Rapporteur: Mr. Philippe Cosyn, Independent scholar, Belgium;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    50th Anniversary of the Yuri Gagarin Flight

    20

    confirmed

    Ms. Olga Zhdanovich

    European Space Agency (ESA)

    The Netherlands

    2

    The Strange Career of the Spaceplane: NASA and the Quest for Routine Human Space Operations

    20

    confirmed

    Dr. Roger D. Launius

    Smithsonian Institution

    United States

    3

    The 'Spiral’ project (1965-1978) – The first attempt to realise a ‘real’ manned spaceplane

    20

    confirmed

    Mr. Oleg A. Sokolov

    The British Interplanetary Society

    United Kingdom

    4

    Gagarine, a special relationship with France

    20

    confirmed

    Mr. Philippe Jung

    Association Aéronautique & Astronautique de France (3AF)

    France

    5

    Opposing Apollo: Public Resistance to the Moon Landings

    20

    confirmed

    Dr. Roger D. Launius

    Smithsonian Institution

    United States