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    Title

    Memoirs & Organisational Histories

    type

    oral

    Description

    Autobiographical & biographical memoirs of individuals who have made original contributions to the development & application of astronautics & rocketry. History of government, agencies, industrial, academic & professional societies & organisations long engaged in astronautical endeavors. This will include the entire spectrum of space history, at least 25 years old.

    Date

    2025-10-01

    Time

    15:00

    Room

    Room C2.5

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Ms. Kerrie Dougherty, Australia;

    • Co-Chair: Mr. Niklas Reinke, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Germany;

    • Rapporteur: Prof. Klaus Schilling, Zentrum für Telematik, Germany;

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

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    15:00

    A brief history of space activity at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency

    15

    Dr. Kimberley Clayfield

    CSIRO

    Australia

    2

    15:15

    Edward A. Neu, Jr. Edward A. Neu, Jr. (1930-1963)---The Creator of the "Spaghetti" Rocket Combustion Chamber, A Biographical Sketch

    15

    Mr. Frank H. Winter

    National Air and Space Museum

    United States

    3

    15:30

    The Women Who Govern Space

    15

    Prof. Elsbeth Magilton

    University of Nebraska, College of Law

    United States

    4

    15:45

    UNCOPUOS after 65 Years

    15

    Mr. Hannes Mayer

    Karl Franzens Universität Graz

    Austria

    5

    16:00

    A Journal for the "Not-So-Scientifically-Minded Man": Space Journal, 1957-1959

    15

    Mr. Reagan Grimsley

    University of Alabama in Huntsville

    United States

    6

    16:15

    Sergei Korolev the world's first and greatest space entrepreneur

    15

    Dr. Andrew Aldrin

    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide

    United States

    7

    16:30

    Governance in Outer Space: Insights from Astronaut Memoirs

    15

    Dr. Darshan Vigneswaran

    University of Amsterdam

    The Netherlands

    8

    16:45

    IAA International Academy of Astronautics 65 - Memoirs from 1960 Cold War to 2025

    15

    Ms. Paivi Jukola

    Aalto University

    Finland