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    Title

    Commercial Human Spaceflight Programmes

    type

    oral

    Description

    This session provides a forum for papers describing commercial human orbital and sub-orbital endeavours including orbital space stations, commercial transportation systems, services, operation and uses, as well as human-tended space station platforms. This session also accepts papers on commercial human spaceflight activities in cis-lunar space and lunar surface operations. Topics include the status of development, testing, operations and utilization; the architecture and performance of various systems; orbital infrastructure development; commercial operations and utilization projects, market and economic development activity, and other pertinent areas of commercial human spaceflight. Examples of activity include but are not limited to commercial utilization and other commercial activity on the International Space Station, international capability for commercial transportation, activities planned for future human spaceflight platforms either in low Earth orbit (LEO) or beyond Earth orbit (BEO) and other applications are appropriate for this session.

    Date

    2025-09-30

    Time

    10:15

    Room

    Room C3.3

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Dr. Sergey K. Shaevich, Khrunichev State Research & Production Space Center, Russian Federation;

    • Co-Chair: Mr. Kevin D. Foley, The Boeing Company, United States;

    • Co-Chair: Mr. Michael E. Lopez Alegria, MLA Space, LLC, United States;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    10:15

    Combined Partnership for Human Spaceflight

    20

    Mr. Thomas Whitmeyer

    Booz Allen Hamilton

    United States

    2

    10:35

    Starlab - A Next-Generation Space Station to Transform Space-based Research and Human Presence in Low-Earth orbit.

    20

    Dr. John M. Horack

    The Ohio State University College of Engineering

    United States

    3

    10:55

    VIEWS FROM THE FIRST COMMERCIAL SPACE STATION

    20

    Ms. Molly McCormick

    Vast

    United States

    4

    11:15

    Cross-Fertilization in Commercial Space Station Ecosystems: A Catalyst for Innovation and Growth

    15

    Dr. Alessandro Paravano

    Politecnico di Milano

    Italy

    5

    11:30

    Anchoring Law in Orbit: Treaty Obligations, Mission Authorization, and Investment Structures for Commercial Space Stations

    15

    confirmed

    Ms. Neha Dagley

    United States

    6

    11:45

    Updates from the IIAS Flight Opportunities Program One Year On

    15

    Dr. Shawna Pandya

    International Institute for astronautical Sciences (IIAS)

    Canada

    7

    12:00

    Navigating the Risks: Life Insurance Frameworks for Habitats on the Moon

    15

    confirmed

    Mr. bennett torrance

    Boeing

    United States

    8

    12:15

    New Solutions to Finance and Commercialize Lunar Missions

    15

    Mr. Grant Blaisdell

    United States

    9

    12:30

    Security and Safety guidelines for the new generation of commercial space stations

    15

    Ms. Rania Toukebri

    Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)

    Germany

    *

    Building a Commercial Training Ecosystem for the Emerging Human Spaceflight Market

    10

    Mr. Ugo Bonnet

    Spaceflight Institute

    France