›IAA Space Exploration Conference

Heads of Space Agencies and their delegations will gather, in company with policy makers, government representatives, distinguished scientists, and leading Academicians from all over the world, on Friday 10 January 2014, in Washington, DC for an unprecedented IAA Heads of Space Agencies Summit on Exploration to follow-on with the 2010 Summit Declaration.  In part with the gathering, renowned leaders from space-faring nations will engage in dialogue on topics of international concern: Planetary Robotic and Human Spaceflight Exploration.

As an introduction to the Summit, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) organizes on Thursday 9 January 2014, a Pre-Summit Space Exploration Conference that will invite authors to present papers in any of the six sessions covering the topics of planetary robotic and human spaceflight exploration: (1) Human Aspects in Spaceflight, (2) Scientific Goals in Robotics Missions, (3) Technical Factors:  Enabling Technologies/Common Requirements, (4) Private Industry Role in Space Exploration and Exploitation: Technical, Policy, and Legal Considerations, (5) Space Exploration: The Imperative of Global Cooperation and (6) Space Stations Utilization for Robotics and Human Spaceflight Exploration.