Joe LANDON

IAF Bureau • Special Advisor to President on the Sustainability, Investment and Security (SIS) Agenda
Rendezvous Robotics, Inc. • Co-Founder & President

Joe Landon is a senior space industry executive and entrepreneur. He is Co-Founder and President of Rendezvous Robotics, a breakthrough space infrastructure company pioneering modular, autonomous systems that are redefining how spacecraft are built and assembled in orbit.

Previously, Joe was CEO of Crescent Space, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary building commercial communications and navigation services to support lunar missions. He also served as Vice President of Advanced Programs Development at Lockheed Martin Space, where he led strategy, business development, and R&D for the company’s multibillion-dollar Commercial Civil Space portfolio. Earlier in his career, he was CFO of Planetary Resources, a pioneering commercial space company that helped catalyze private-sector interest in asteroid mining and space resources.

Joe is Special Advisor to the President of the International Astronautical Federation on Sustainability, Investment, and Security; a member of the International Academy of Astronautics; and an Associate Fellow of AIAA. He holds an undergraduate degree in Engineering Physics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, a master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California, and an MBA from Harvard Business School

Events

International Astronautical Congress 2025

29 September - 3 October 2025

Sydney, Australia

Participation:

The Global Space Conference on Climate Change 2023

23 May-25 May 2023

Oslo, Norway

Participation:

International Astronautical Congress 2020

12-14 October 2020

Cyberspace edition

Participation:

International Astronautical Congress 2019

21-25 October 2019

Washington, United States

Participation:

International Astronautical Congress 2018

1–5 October 2018

Bremen, Germany

Participation: