Space Exploration Committee (2024-2027)
Committee Members
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Chair
• PATEL Keyur
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Vice-chairs
• BOUSQUET Pierre W.
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
• PERINO Maria Antonietta
Thales Alenia Space Italia
Members
• ARNOLD Steven
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
• CHAVERS Greg
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• COCKRELL Charles
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• DIEZ Shana
SpaceX
• ERCOLI-FINZI Amalia
Politecnico di Milano
• FOING Bernard
Space Renaissance International (SRI)
• FRISCHAUF Norbert
Graz University of Technology (TU Graz)
• FUJIMOTO Masaki
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
• GHAFOOR Nadeem
Canadensys Aerospace Corporation
• GIORGIO Vincenzo
Thales Alenia Space Italia
• HAESE Marc
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
• JOUMEL Pierre-Alexis
Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
• JU Gwanghyeok
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)
• KAWAGUCHI Junichiro
ANU Institute for Space (InSpace)
• KIRKHAM Gilbert
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• KORSEMEYER David
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• LAVAGNA Michelle
Politecnico di Milano
• LAURINI Kathy
- Retired
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• MAY Lisa
- Retired
Lockheed Martin Corporation
• MUGNUOLO Raffaele
Italian Space Agency (ASI)
• PETTERSSON Henrik
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC)
• PONT Gabriel
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
• RAYMAN Marc D.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• REED Cheryl
Northrop Grumman Corporation
• SALLABERGER Christian
Canadensys Aerospace Corporation
• SCHWEHM Gerhard
European Space Agency (ESA)
• ULAMEC Stephan
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
• ZARUBIN Dmitry
Space Research Institute (IKI), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
Experts
• BELHADFA Emma
Objective/scope of committee
The Committee deals with both robotic and human spacecraft missions for space exploration in general and solar system exploration in particular. This includes the design of exploratory spacecraft and their trajectories, mission design and operations, and the science payloads for these missions. This also includes all aspects of radio science and in-situ and remote sensing science using interplanetary spacecraft, earth satellites, space stations and lunar and Mars bases.
The Committee shall deal with the entire temporal spectrum of exploration missions from advanced concepts through the actual conduct of missions and their results.
The Committee shall have a particular interest in Space Exploration associated with astrobiology and fundamental physics.
The Committee should particularly cooperate with the IAF and the IAA committees on Space Systems, Astrodynamics, Earth Observations, Power, Propulsion, Space Transportation and Space Station.