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    IAC-16 — 67th International Astronautical Congress

    B3. HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT SYMPOSIUM

    The symposium addresses all practical aspects of human spaceflight including the design, development, operations, utilization and future plans of space missions involving humans. The scope covers actual past, present and future space missions and programmes in LEO and beyond, both governmental and private.

    Coordinator

    Cristian Bank
    EUMETSATGermany

    Support

    Guillaume Girard
    Zero2infinitySpain

    B3.1. Governmental Human Spaceflight Programs (Overview)

    The session provides the forum for “Overview” presentations on present and evolving governmental Human Spaceflight programmes. This session will include the latest status of human spaceflight programmes and the spacecraft being developed to support them, including the International Space Station and the Chinese Space Station. Emerging nations’ manned spaceflight programmes, evolution concepts (e.g. ISS, MPCV, Tjangong) and governmental manned exploration initiatives are also addressed in this session.

    Co-Chair

    Carlo Mirra
    Airbus Defence and Space SASThe Netherlands

    Kevin D. Foley
    The Boeing CompanyUnited States

    Rapporteur

    Rainer Willnecker
    Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)Germany

    B3.2. Commercial Human Spaceflight Programs

    This session provides a forum for papers describing commercial human orbital and sub-orbital spacecraft and stations in development, as well as human-rated launch vehicles and human-tended modules. Topics include the status of development, testing, and operations; the architecture and performance of various systems; launch infrastructure development; and other pertinent areas of commercial human spaceflight development. Programmes such as Atlas 5, B330, CST-100, Cygnus, Dream Chaser, Dragon, Falcon 9, Lynx, New Shepard, Spaceplane, SpaceShipTwo, WhiteKnightTwo, and others are appropriate for this session.

    Co-Chair

    Sergey K. Shaevich
    Khrunichev State Research & Production Space CenterRussian Federation

    W. Michael Hawes
    Lockheed Martin CorporationUnited States

    Michael E. Lopez Alegria
    MLA Space, LLCUnited States

    B3.3. Utilization & Exploitation of Human Spaceflight Systems

    This session addresses the utilization and exploitation of space stations and human spacecraft and provides the opportunity to discuss achievements, plans and outlooks. Topics for discussion include proposed or available payload facilities, experiments, research, manufacturing, and other on-orbit activity and its related planning, accommodation, and implementation. Additional items appropriate for discussion include scientific and industrial utilization applications and engineering research and technology demonstrations, as well as uses of space stations (ie. International Space Station and Tjangong) and other manned vehicles as test beds for exploration.

    Co-Chair

    Kevin D. Foley
    The Boeing CompanyUnited States

    Annamaria Piras
    Thales Alenia Space ItaliaItaly

    Rapporteur

    Shannon Ryan
    Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO)Australia

    B3.4-B6.5. Flight & Ground Operations of HSF Systems – Joint Session of the Human Spaceflight and Space Operations Symposia

    This session addresses key challenges and their solutions related to flight and ground operations in governmental and commercial human spaceflight, their systems and elements. Topics include operational problems and solutions, cost reduction, new and proposed ground facilities or infrastructure, and ground segment operations and planning. Also included are logistics and mission planning, ground transportation, and sustainment.

    Co-Chair

    Helmut Luttmann
    Airbus Defence and Space - Space SystemsGermany

    Dieter Sabath
    Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)Germany

    Rapporteur

    Rachid Amekrane
    Airbus DS GmbHGermany

    Peter Batenburg
    Netherlands Space Society (NVR)The Netherlands

    B3.5. Astronaut Training, Accommodation, and Operations in Space

    This session concentrates on all aspects of spaceflight that are unique to the presence of astronauts. It encompasses astronaut activities such as selection, training, workload management, and task division between flight and ground segments. It includes spacecraft systems and robotic tools; interfaces; international command, control and communications; payloads; research; and utilization. It addresses the unique spacecraft systems required to safely accommodate astronauts during intravehicular and extravehicular activities. The session includes astronaut pre-mission, mission, and post mission support of technological and scientific space based research and utilization of human space complexes and the space environment.

    Co-Chair

    Igor V. Sorokin
    S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation EnergiaRussian Federation

    Alan T. DeLuna
    American Astronautical Society (AAS)United States

    Rapporteur

    Keiichi Murakami
    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Japan

    B3.6-A5.3. Human and Robotic Partnerships in Exploration - Joint session of the Human Spaceflight and Exploration Symposia

    This session seeks papers on new systems and technologies for current human spaceflight and exploration programmes, and the role of human and robotic partnerships in areas such as onboard robotic assistants, habitat / infrastructure construction support, human mobility support systems (e.g. EVA mobility aids, rovers); and robotic precursor activities to human spaceflights for test, validation, and demonstration of systems. This session also welcomes papers considering how the roles of humans, machines and intelligent systems are likely to evolve in the coming years and the corresponding impact on complex mission design, implementation, and operations.

    Co-Chair

    Christian Sallaberger
    Canadensys Aerospace CorporationCanada

    Mark Hempsell
    Hempsell Astronautics LimitedUnited Kingdom

    Rapporteur

    Juergen Schlutz
    European Space Agency (ESA)Germany

    B3.7. Advanced Systems, Technologies, and Innovations for Human Spaceflight

    This session is designed to examine and identify the potential evolution of key elements of Human Spaceflight missions, especially those driven by advanced technologies and innovations. Papers are solicited that address how to shape the future subsystems, technologies, innovations, logistics, processes, procedures, etc. to enable or significantly improve future human space mission objectives that will include exploration, commercial initiatives, tourism, and industrial undertakings. Also, lessons learned from past missions and their application to future missions are essential topics in this session.

    Co-Chair

    Lionel Suchet
    Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)France

    Sébastien BARDE
    Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)France

    Rapporteur

    Gi-Hyuk Choi
    Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)Korea, Republic of

    B3.8-E7.7. Joint IAF-IISL Session on the Legal Framework for Collaborative Space Activities

    This session hosts papers on topics related to the legal framework governing collaborative space programmes, in particular governmental Exploration programmes and their preparations. For the IAC 2015, the session will put special emphasis on highlighting the impact of ITAR and similar export control regimes on the development and operation phases of collaborative international space programmes, including lessons learned.

    Co-Chair

    Cristian Bank
    EUMETSATGermany

    Bernhard Schmidt-Tedd
    Leuphana UniversityGermany

    Rapporteur

    Olga Stelmakh-Drescher
    International Institute of Space Law (IISL)Germany

    B3.9-GTS.2. Human Spaceflight Global Technical Session

    The Human Space Endeavours Global Technical Session is targeting individuals and organisations with the objective of sharing best practices, future projects, research and issues for the future of Human Space Endeavours. This is a Global session co-sponsored by the Human Space Endeavours Committee and the Workforce Development/Young Professionals Programme Committee.

    Co-Chair

    Cristian Bank
    EUMETSATGermany

    Guillaume Girard
    Zero2infinitySpain

    B3.IP. Interactive Presentations

    Authors with an abstract accepted for an interactive presentation will be asked to prepare slides and display them for the duration of the congress on plasma screens. Authors will be assigned to interactive sessions in which they must be near the plasma screens to engage in interactive discussions with other congress attendees.

    Coordinator

    Cristian Bank
    EUMETSATGermany

    Martin Zell
    European Space Agency (ESA)The Netherlands