The International Academy of Astronautics at the forefront of small satellite activities • 1 st IAA Latin A Dr. Rainer Sandau Director IAA & Dr. Jean - Michel Contant Secretary General IAA 2 nd IAA Latin America Small Satellites Symposium: Advanced Technologies and Distributed Systems Buenos Aires, Argentina Nov 11 - 16, 2019
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The International Academy of
Astronautics at the forefront of small
satellite activities
• 1st IAA Latin A
Dr. Rainer Sandau
Director IAA
&
Dr. Jean-Michel Contant
Secretary General IAA
2nd IAA Latin America Small Satellites Symposium:
Advanced Technologies and Distributed Systems
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaNov 11-16, 2019
The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)
Founded in Stockholm August 16, 1960
Theodore von Karman
First IAA President and
Frank J. Malina Second
IAA President, GALCIT
project before historic
JATO flights in 1941
(JPL).
1955 von Karman in a group with Pope
Pius XII after receiving appointment to
the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
1963: JF Kennedy presenting the first
National Medal of Science to von
Karman
1955 von Karman
at Princeton
IAA
an independent international community
of 1200 active leading experts
(1700 from 89 nations)
recognized by the UN in 1996.
membership access based on highly
competitive election
Aims of IAA
• Foster the development of astronautics for peaceful purposes;
• Recognize individuals who have distinguished themselves in space science or technology;
• Provide a program through which members may contribute to international endeavors;
• Promote international cooperation in the advancement of aerospace science.
IAA leadership through
high ranking Board of Trustees
(11 Heads/former Heads of Space
Agencies)
Six commissions covering all aspects
of space activities,
Offers the missing fora where the best
experts in all domains can meet, know
each other and exchange their
opinions.
IAA Board of Trustees 2019-2021(Election currently in process)
President
• Dr. Peter Jankowitsch, Austria
Vice-Presidents
• Prof. Anatoly Perminov, Russia
• Prof. Marius-Ioan Piso, Romania
• Dr. John Schumacher, USA
• Dr. C. Kourtidou-Papadeli, Greece
Secretary General
• Dr. Jean-Michel Contant, France
Regional Secretaries
The International Academy of Astronautics has currently more than 30 Regional Secretaries covering America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East and Australia.
IAA: to recognize individuals
April 12, 1961
Yuri Gagarin IAA Honorary Member
First Man in Space
Yelena Gagarina
Kremlin 2011
Starting from left side: IAA Academicians William
Pickering, James Van Allen, Wernher von Braun
First US satellite, Explorer 1: radiation belt theorized
by James Van Allen, one of the outstanding
discoveries of the International Geophysical Year.
16 June 1963
Valentina Tereshkova
IAA Honorary Member
On board Vostok 6
First Women Cosmonaut
March 1965
Alexei Leonov
IAA memberFirst Space Walk
2009 in Moscow
Kremlin April 2011
Valentina Tereshkova
Moscow April 2011
Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969,
Neil Armstrong (†), IAA
Member, commander,
Buzz Aldrin, IAA Member,
(right) lunar module pilot.
Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969,
completed a 2-hour and 15
minute lunar EVA
Buzz Aldrin Washington DC, Oct 2019
World Record
The Soviet program was
focusing on manned flight
long duration experiment as
exemplified by Mir crew
member Valeri Polyakov, IAA
member:
240 days in 1988 and
unbroken record 437 days 17
hours and 58 minutes Soyuz
TM-18 / Soyuz TM-20
January 8, 1994 to March 22,
1995
Moscow
April 2011
Von Braun 3rd IAA Meeting
1965, Athens,
Andrew Haley,
Founding Member
IAA Legal Counsel
Eugen Sänger
& Irene Sänger-Bredt
Some Famous IAA Academician Names
Valentin Glushko
M. V. Keldysh
Guggenheim Award
1965
J. A. Van Allen,
Guggenheim Award 1962
Tikhonravov
Hugh L Dryden
Harry Guggenheim
Antony Oppenheim
Gerard Kuiper
von Euler
Leonid Ivanovitch Sedov
Roald Sagdeev
Valentin Glushko LuigiNapolitano
John Glenn
Maxime Faget
Carl Sagan
Some Famous IAA Academician Names
Chelomey
Lozino-Lozinsky
Vladimir Barmin
V. Kotelnikov
Thomas Stafford, IAA Member 2019
Gemini 6 & 9, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz
Some Pioneers IAA Academician
IAA Von Karman Award 2019 to
Charles Elachi
https://shop.iaaweb.org
70 studies published
45 studies in preparation
15 to 20 IAA Stand Alone Conferences
Yearly
Bangalore
MoscouFukuoka
Beijing
Historic Heads Space
Agencies
Summits
IAA Planetary Defense Conference2009 Granada, 2011 Bucharest, Romania