Technical programme
IAC-13 — 64th International Astronautical Congress
A1. SPACE LIFE SCIENCES SYMPOSIUM
This symposium, jointly organised by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), addresses all aspects of space life sciences research and practice in human and robotic spaceflight, from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to the reach of exploration missions and from the origin of the universe to the lives of future explorers on other planetary bodies.
- Coordinator
Shan-guang Chen
China Astronaut Research and Training Center — ChinaFengyuan Zhuang
Beihang University — China
A1.1. Behaviour, Performance and Psychosocial Issues in Space
This session considers psychosocial, interpersonal, cultural, cognitive, circadian/sleep and human factors issues and countermeasures related to human spaceflight and space exploration.
- Chairman
Nick Kanas
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) — United StatesBin Wu
China Astronaut Research and Training Center — China
- Rapporteur
Jun Wang
Astronaut Center of China — China
A1.2. Human Physiology in Space
This session focuses on all aspects of spaceflight physiology that relate to human health and to the countermeasures employed to maintain health and performance.
- Chairman
Inesa Kozlovskaya
State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation - Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences — Russian FederationYinghui Li
China Astronaut Research and Training Center, Beijing 100094, China — China
- Rapporteur
Patrik Sundblad
ESA — Sweden
A1.3. Medical Care for Humans in Space
This session focuses on medical care for astronauts including operational medicine aspects, countermeasure development and applications as well as needs for future care for astronauts during long term stays in space and missions to and on the Moon and Mars. A further focus will lie on medical care for passengers and operators of commercial suborbital and orbital space flights.
- Chairman
Anatoly I. Grigoriev
Russian Academy of Sciences — Russian FederationHanns-Christian Gunga
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin — Germany
- Rapporteur
Bai Ding
Astronaut Center of China — China
A1.4. Radiation Fields, Effects and Risks in Human Space Missions
The major topics of this session are the characterisation of the radiation environment by theoretical modelling and experimental data, radiation effects on physical and biological systems, countermeasures to radiation and radiation risk assessment.
- Chairman
Giovanni De Angelis
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology — Russian FederationYeqing Sun
Dalian Maritime University — China
- Rapporteur
Nicole Buckley
Canadian Space Agency — Canada
A1.5. Astrobiology and Exploration
Astrobiology plays a key role in the preparation of space exploration endeavours to find life in our solar system and beyond. Investigating habitability constraints and instrument technology to search for organic compounds and life provides support to current and future robotic missions to inner and outer solar system bodies as well as human exploration missions targeting the Earth-Moon-Mars space. The session invites papers of astrobiological content supporting space exploration.
- Chairman
Petra Rettberg
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) — GermanyYufen Zhao
CAS — China
- Rapporteur
Inge ten Kate
SETI Institute — United States
A1.6. Life Support and EVA Systems
This session will address strategies, solutions and technologies in providing for human requirements during future deep space and planetary/lunar surface exploration.
- Chairman
Chiaki Mukai
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) — JapanPeter Graef
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) — Germany
- Rapporteur
Yongkang Zhou
China Astronaut Research and Training Center — China
A1.7. Biology in Space
This session focuses on all aspects of biology and biological systems related to gravity in ground-based and space flight experiments as well as on topics not covered by other sessions of this symposium.
- Chairman
Peng Shang
Northwestern Polytechnical University — ChinaMarlene Grenon
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) — United States
- Rapporteur
Fengyuan Zhuang
Beihang University — China
A1.8. Multidisciplinary Space Life Sciences Research
This session focuses on various types of multidisciplinary space life sciences research.
- Chairman
Satoshi Iwase
Aichi Medical University — JapanYulin Deng
Beijing Institute of Technology — China
- Rapporteur
Jancy McPhee
The Aerospace Corporation — United States
A1.P. Poster Session
- Co-Chair
Shan-guang Chen
China Astronaut Research and Training Center — ChinaFengyuan Zhuang
Beihang University — China