session 2
- Title
Organizational, Scientific and Technical Histories
- type
oral
- Description
The symposium will cover the history of space science, exploration, innovation & technology. Furthermore reflection on the cultural and socio-political impact are parts of it. This will include the entire spectrum of space history, at least 25 years old.
- Date
2026-10-08
- Time
- Room
- IPC members
Co-Chair: Ms. Vera Pinto Gomes, European Commission, Belgium;
Co-Chair: Dr. Sandra Haeuplik-Meusburger, Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien), Austria;
Rapporteur: Mr. Hannes Mayer, Karl Franzens Universität Graz, Austria;
Rapporteur: Mr. Randy Liebermann, United States;
Rapporteur: Mr. Steve Salmon, The British Interplanetary Society, United Kingdom;
Order | Time | Paper title | Mode | Presentation status | Speaker | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10:15 | Making Space Walks Successful: The Neutral Buoyance Simulator | 15 | confirmed | Dr. James Green | Space Science Endeavors | United States |
2 | 10:30 | World’s First ICBM and Space Launcher: Early Years of R-7 Rocket | 15 | confirmed | Prof. Mike Gruntman | Viterbi School of Engineering, USC | United States |
3 | 10:45 | 15 | confirmed | Ms. Maria Shikhanova | Space Research Institute (IKI), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) | Russian Federation | |
4 | 11:00 | VE 231 Saphir, a stepping stone to the French deterrence force & Diamant | 15 | confirmed | Mr. Philippe Jung | 3AF | France |
5 | 11:15 | 15 | confirmed | Ms. Kerrie Dougherty | Australia | ||
6 | 11:30 | 15 | confirmed | Mr. Philippe Coué | Dassault Aviation | France | |
7 | 11:45 | 15 | confirmed | Dr. Sandra Haeuplik-Meusburger | Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien) | Austria | |
8 | 12:00 | 15 | confirmed | Mr. Gabriele Di Pietro | Politecnico di Torino | Italy | |
9 | 12:15 | Creation of a Crowdsourced Centralized Online Repository for Historic Spaceflight Media | 15 | confirmed | Mr. Dmitri Tsahelnik | University of Alabama in Huntsville | United States |
