Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-17 — 68th 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: Kevin D. Foley
The Boeing Company — United States

Support

Igor V. Sorokin
S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia — Russian Federation

Peter Batenburg
Netherlands Space Society (NVR) — The Netherlands

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 & Space — The Netherlands

Sam Scimemi
NASA — United 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 Center — Russian Federation

W. Michael Hawes
Lockheed Martin Corporation — United States

Michael E. Lopez Alegria
MLA Space, LLC — United States

Rapporteur: Gene Rice
RWI - Rice Wigbels Int'l — United 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

Cristian Bank
EUMETSAT — Germany

Eleanor Morgan
Lockheed Martin Space Systems — United States

B3.4-B6.5. Flight & Ground Operations of HSF Systems (A 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

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

Annamaria Piras
Thales Alenia Space Italia — Italy

Rapporteur: Thomas A.E. Andersen
Danish Aerospace Company A/S — Denmark

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 Energia — Russian Federation

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

Rapporteur: Keiji 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 Corporation — Canada

Mark Hempsell
Hempsell Astronautics Limited — United Kingdom

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

Juergen Schlutz
European Space Agency (ESA) — Germany

Sebastien 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 Legal Framework for Collaborative Space Activities

Outer Space Treaty principles of international cooperation. This session hosts papers on topics related to the legal framework governing collaborative space programmes, in particular governmental Exploration programmes and their preparations. It includes a focus on future collaborative efforts in relation to human space flight.

Co-Chair

Mark Sundahl
Cleveland State University — United States

Elina Morozova
Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications — Russian Federation

Rapporteur: Maria A Pozza
— New Zealand

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

Guillaume Girard
Zero2infinity — Spain

Andrea Jaime
Isar Aerospace Technologies GmbH — Germany

B3.IP. Interactive Presentations

This session offers a unique opportunity to deliver your key messages in an interactive presentation on any of the subjects of Human Spaceflight addressed in the classic Sessions. The presentation will be displayed on digital screens in a dedicated location and available for view by all Congress attendees for the entire Congress week. In addition, one afternoon is dedicated exclusively for the attendees to view the Interactive Presentations, and the author will be assigned a specific eight minute slot to personally present the topic and interact with the attendees present. The Interactive Presentation may take advantage of all electronic display capabilities, such as: PowerPoint charts, embedded hot links, pictures, audio and video clips etc. An award will also be presented to the author of the best Interactive Presentation in the B Category at a special ceremony. An Abstract that follows the standard format must be submitted by the deadline for standard IAC abstracts.

Co-Chair: Peter Batenburg
Netherlands Space Society (NVR) — The Netherlands