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@iafastro
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8 months
CONGRATULATIONS to our awardees!🏆 Elon Musk the winner of the IAF World Space Award, Stephanie Bednarek received it on his behalf. The IAF World Space Award for Teams was awarded to @NASA , @csa_asc @esa and handed to Pam Melroy during the Opening Ceremony!✨ #IAC2023
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It is our pleasure to announce that we will be hearing from Elon Musk @SpaceX again at the #IAC2023 in Baku! On Thursday 5 Oct he will join us virtually to discuss together with the IAF President how we can create a more exciting future. Don't miss it at 17:45 – 18:45 (GMT+4)!
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Welcome @tuajans as a new @iafastro member!
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71 ülkeden 407’yi aşan üyeye sahip en büyük Uzay oluşumu @iafastro ‘ya resmi üyeliğimiz bugün gerçekleşen IAF Genel Kuruluyla birlikte tescillendi. Uzay alanında yürütülen uluslararası çalışmalarda söz sahibi bir Türkiye için çalışmaya var gücümüzle devam edeceğiz🇹🇷
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IT'S OFFICIAL: The Australian govt will establish a national space agency!!!! Senator Birmingham #IAC2017 #Australia
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Call for Nominations for the 2024 IAF Young Space Leaders (YSL) Recognition Programme is now OPEN! Please send the nomination materials by 12 January 2024 15:00 CET (CET) to the IAF Secretariat by email at award @iafastro .org For more info:
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Elon Musk @SpaceX is joining us virtully on Thursday 5 October at 17:45 (GMT+4) in the HAC Auditorium! We are also glad to announce that it will be live streamed on both X and IAF website. Whether you are here in Baku or not, make sure to join us for this exciting talk! #IAC2023
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Do you need some help with your abstract for #IAC2024 ? Get involved in the IAF Abstract Mentor Programme (AMP)! The programme is open for everyone. More information and how to apply please visit:
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Let’s break the internet! 16 astronauts in one photo at #GLEX2021 !!
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If Elon Musk @SpaceX is right, we will be hosting the IAC in Space within less than 10 years!! 🚀🚀🚀 #IAC2023
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The prestigious IAF World Space Award is this year given to the Hayabusa2 team! CONGRATULATIONS 👏 #IAC2021
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We are glad to announce that the host city of IAC 2026 is Antalya, Türkiye! 🇹🇷
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Space is extremely profitable! For 1 euro invested, the return on the investment is 5 times more! @AschbacherJosef @esa #IAC2022
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Congratulations to our member @virgingalactic and to @richardbranson for successfully and safely opening the door to space tourism !
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Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, is greeting the IAC delegates at the #IAC2023 Opening Ceremony “For the 2nd time we host the IAC in Baku, in the same city but not in the same country, today it’s the independent Azerbaijan that hosts the IAC”
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The new incoming IAF President is Clayton Mowry!! He will officially be taking over after Pascale Ehrenfreund next year on the 22 September 2022. Congratulations @ClayMowry 👏
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and… The 72nd International Astronautical Congress is officially OPEN! 🙌 #IAC2021
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View the whole session of "Fire and Ice - Space for Climate Action" at #COP28 in UAE. IAF Executive Director and @Romsenteret NOSA Director General presented the results and findings of the first Global Space Conference on Climate Change 🌐🚀
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Richard SPINRAD @NOAA “The multigenerational aspect the IAF can offer is absolutely crucial to our success in the climate change fight” #GEOWeek2023
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Applications are OPEN for the 2024 IAF Emerging Space Leaders (ESL) Grant Programme! The IAF ESL Programme provides opportunities for students and young professionals to participate in the International Astronautical Congress. For more info and to apply:
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IAF participating in the Space Agency Leaders Summit at #COP28
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SAVE THE DATE: The IAF to host an IAC 2020 in virtual format. The 71st International Astronautical Congress – The CyberSpace Edition will take place in your homes and offices around the world during 12 – 14 October 2020. Stay tuned for additional details #CYBERSPACEIAC2020
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The official contract for hosting the 76th International Astronautical Congress is now signed with @spaceindustryoz ! 🇦🇺 Join us 29 September - 3 October 2025 in Sydney, Australia! #IAC2025 More info: © Destination NSW
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IAF at #COP28 in Dubai, UAE presenting the outcomes of the IAF Global Space Conference on Climate Change (GLOC 2023) and discussing how space technologies can contribute to the worldwide climate change mitigation efforts 🌱
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The white paper on the “Scarcity of Workforce in Aerospace Industries: Roadmap to Better Attract Tomorrow’s Talents” is available to read! It is released by the IAF Industry Relations Committee (IRC). Read it here:
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The 71st International Astronautical Congress – the CyberSpace Edition will be offered without registration fee, free of charge for a global community! #cyberspaceiac2020
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The Call for Hosting the 78th International Astronautical Congress in 2027 is open! Submit your proposal by the deadline 16 February 2024 #IAC2027 For more info:
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Only one week left to send us you nominations for the 2024 IAF Awards! More info: Submit via email at award @iafastro .org by Tuesday 19 December 2023! We look forward to receiving your nominations packages and wishes good luck to everyone 🌟
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IAF at #GEOWeek2023 in Cape Town presenting the findings and recommendations of the IAF Global Space Conference on Climate Change (GLOC 2023) 🌐
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The #IAC2024 Calls are now OPEN! 🚀Submit your proposal for a Plenary Event, IAF GNF Session, Special Session or an Abstract! For more information on the different formats please see our guide “How to engage in the IAC”:
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Astronauts Jessica Meir, Andrew R. Morgan, Christina Koch and Hazza Al Mansouri will all be attending #IAC2021 in Dubai 25 - 29 October! Will you also be there? Register at
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The IAC 2023 Highlights booklet is available to view online! Reminisce your favourite moments from the 74th International Astronautical Congress in Baku ✨ View the IAC 2023 Highlights here:
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ONE month left to send us your nominations for the IAF Awards 2024! 🏆 📩Submit your nomination package by email to award @iafastro .org For more information on the IAF awards please visit:
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Read the interview to @Dr_ThomasZ @NASAWebb on the world's largest space science telescope ever built - its goal of solving the mysteries in our solar system on Join us tomorrow at 17:30 for an exciting GNF panel with high level speakers from NASA, ESA CSA
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Let’s get this party started! #IAC2019
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CONGRATULATIONS to the five winners of the #IAC2023 Interactive Presentations (IP) Competition! ✨ Cat A: Sumbal Mushtaq Cat B: Cheyenne Powell Cat C: Ayush Ranjan Cat D: Giorgio Ciacchella Cat E: Germana Galoforo
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A packed hall for the #IAC2023 Closing Ceremony in the Heydar Aliyev Center!
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Last day to explore the IAC Technical Gallery! #CyberSpaceIAC2020 We hope you have enjoyed the many great video lectures and that you did not miss the interesting Symposium Keynotes. All the presentations will be available until 17:30 CEST today! #TechnicalProgramme
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Today is the BIG Day! Welcome to the first day of the 72nd International Astronautical Congress, join us for the Opening Ceremony this morning #IAC2021
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The IAC 2023 will generate a rich and memorable atmosphere where you can share your expertise, experience, and resources and engage with the Global Space Community. Abstract shall be submitted by 28 February at #IAC2023 @Iac2023
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How many stickers do you have on your laptop?
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The IAF Awards 2024 - Call for Nominations is OPEN! Take an active part in recognizing the achievements of your friends and colleagues in the space community and nominate individuals, teams, and organizations for one of our awards🥇 More info:
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Yuchi Tsuda @JAXA_en explains that the Hayabusa2 mission is a great example of international collaboration! It could not have succeeded without the support of @NASA , @DLR_en , @esa @AusSpaceAgency and @DeptofDefense #IAC2021
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We are proud to present the 2022 IAF Young Space Leaders ✨🥳 Congratulations to Mariam Naseem, Ruvimbo Samanga, Ozan Kara, Maruska Strah, Sirisha Bandla, Antonino Salmeri, Anthony Yuen and Dunay Badirkhanov ! Looking forward to seeing you all in Paris for the #IAC2022 🙌🚀🇨🇵
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Space helps to support people during the pandemic and is uniquely placed to ensure the world is better placed to weather any future crises, @janwoerner , director general of @esa , tells #CyberSpaceIAC2020
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@elonmusk @BBCAmos @NASASpaceflight Happy to welcome you at the #IAC2021 , Elon!
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And….. The Host of the 75th INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS will be….. Milan,Italy!!! 🙌 Congratulations @aidaaitaly @ASI_spazio @LDO_Space ! Looking forward to organize #IAC2024 with you!
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Happy Holidays!🎄 See you at #IAC2024 in Milan!!🇮🇹
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Congratulations to the 2023 IAF World Space Award Winners Elon Musk @SpaceX and James Webb Space Telescope Team @NASA @esa @csa_asc !! 🏆👏🚀 Join us in Baku at #IAC2023 to celebrate the winners! Read more here:
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We have opened the #iac2022 exhibition!!! Join us @IACParis2022
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SAVE THE DATE: #IAC2022 will be taking place in Paris, France from 18-22 September 2022.
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Welcome to all the organizations that decided to join @iafastro in 2021! You have reached a global network of 433 members organization from all over the world! Find out more on #IAFMembers
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The ENTIRE SPACE WORLD UNITED at the IAC 2020 – The CYBERSPACE EDITION #CYBERSPACEIAC2020 broke the previous record in terms of participation with more than 13.600 delegates connecting from 135 countries!
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Late Breaking News session on the initial results from the impressive CHANDRAYAAN-3 Mission @isro #IAC2023
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Congratulations to the 2020 IAF Award Winners! Find more information at
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Students and Young Professionals! Apply to be part of one of the NextGen Plenary panels during the #IAC2024 in Milan! Come and showcase your ideas and work in front of an audience of senior space leaders in government, industry and academia 🚀 More info:
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: IAF Events 2020 postponed! Following the growing escalation of the Covid-19 outbreak the IAC in Dubai will be postponed. We are in the process of re-assessing the overall schedule of IACs and will inform you within the coming weeks about the new dates.
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The IAF is proud to present the 2023 IAF Young Space Leaders! Congratulations to all ! #NextGen #Space
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In the #IAC2021 Host Plenary @Astro_Jessica talk about that amazing moment she and @astro_hazzaa felt weightlessness for the first time. “I looked over at Hazzaa and both of our eyes were just as big as they ever been, we shared that moment as we were both the rookies in space.”
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The IAF Highlights 2023 is now available! Read about all the IAF events and activities in 2023 ✨ View it online here:
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Thank you Washington, D.C. for a wonderful #IAC2019 See you in Dubai next year! #IAC2020 @ Washington, District of Columbia
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The Call for Nominations for the 2024 IAF Awards has been extended until Friday 19 January 2024! Hurry up and submit your nomination packages to award @iafastro .org More info:
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Congratulations to Thomas ZURBUCHEN @NASA ! The winner of the IAF Excellence in International Cooperation Award 👏 #IAC2023
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The IAC Technical Gallery is huge! We know that these days were not enough and there are still a lot of content left to explore! Of course we want to give you this opportunity and are glad to announce that the video lectures will be available in #CyberSpaceIAC2020 Proceedings!
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Full room for the #IAC2021 Closing Ceremony!
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For the first time in IAC history, all Plenary Events of the #IAC2016 will be live broadcasted! Enjoy it!
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Registration for the 71st IAC is now open: check ! Make sure to spread the word about the first virtual and free International Astronautical Congress ever. You can share the #CYBERSPACEIAC2020 video
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Thank you for your trust in submitting 👏3356 👏 abstracts from 👏86 👏countries, see you in Dubai for the #IAC2021 #TechnicalProgramme
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The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) is proud to introduce you to the Gokmen Space And Aviation Training Center (GUHEM) Turkey’s first interactive space-and-aviation-themed center Watch: @guhemas #iafmember
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The IAF is excited to announce the IAF Young Space Leaders 2020! For more information visit
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What a fantastic IAC we just had! ✨ Thanks to all of you that joined us for the 74th International Astronautical Congress in Baku. We hope you had a splendid week and cannot wait to see you again next year for IAC 2024 in Milan, Italy!
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It's happening! See you at 09h30 for the #IAC2022 opening ceremony in building 7, third floor, room Paris South and North. Come early for a seat, many people are expected!! @IACParis2022
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All spacecraft are deployed! Congratulations #soyuz -2 launch! The lift-off with 38 satellites from 18 countries onboard went great!! #iafgklaunchwinner @gk_launch @uonbi @machakosuni @SapienzaRoma
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At the IAF GNF @AschbacherJosef “European industries are strongly committed to making the space sector more sustainable by reducing the carbon footprint” #IAC021
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Sarah El Amiri, UAE Minister and Chairwoman at UAE Space Agency, announced that their next planned mission is to go to Venus in 2028 #IAC2021
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The #IAC2018 Notification Letters have now been successfully sent out! As you know, we received a record number of abstracts and the competition has been extremely fierce this year. Thanks to all of you who submitted an abstract for the Technical Programme! #SeeYouInBremen
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It was a pleasure seeing all of you at #IAC2021 ! We would like to thank each participant as you were all part of making it a success! More than 5000 delegates from 110 countries gathered in Dubai, UAE🌟 Now we cannot wait for #IAC2022 in Paris, France! 🇫🇷
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#CYBERSPACEIAC2020 The proceedings are packed with world class, extraordinary content, incredible keynotes, and over 1300 high caliber presentations, and are available free-of-charge to all those who have registered online to our congress. Enjoy at your own pace!
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To all students and young professionals below 35 years of age! #getready the 2019 call for applications of the Emerging Space Leaders (ESL) Grant Programme will open on Monday! Apply and get the opportunity to be funded for the #IAC2019 in #WashingtonDC !
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Jennifer Trosper @NASA explains exactly how the Perseverance Rover is searching for ancient microbial life on Mars #IAC2021
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IT'S OVER! What a week, watch here the IAC 2017 Highlight video! via @YouTube #IAC2017
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Congratulations to Dubai, selected as host city for the #IAC2020 ! @uaespaceagency @MBRSpaceCentre
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Welcome to the #CYBERSPACEIAC2020 ! Let's start this exciting congress with the following events: Monday, 12 October 2020 (CEST) •13:50 - 14:00 Introduction •14:00 - 14:30 Opening Ceremony •14:30 - 14:35 DLR Promotional Announcement: DLR At a Glance -> it continues..
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After 3 days full of important discussions, the first IAF Global Space Conference on Climate Change has come to an end. Being the first conference of its kind this will certainly not be the last! #GLOC2023
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Message to the #cyberspaceiac2020 people: We are connecting from 135 countries!!!! Write us here HELLO in your language!
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Almost 4,300 abstracts were submitted to #IAC2018 , thus setting the RECORD for the HIGHEST number of SUBMITTED ABSTRACTS to date and surpassing previous record of 3,657 abstracts for IAC2013!
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Congratulations to IAF Members @NASA and @SpaceX for this magnificent collaboration and milestone success! DEMO-2 flight will be the driving force behind future generations of engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, pilots and an inspiration for every citizen worldwide.
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#IAC2017 Is the right time for Australia to implement a space agency. It will also be a new support to Australian space industry LeGall
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Plenary 3 this morning is focusing on how Small Satellites can be used to solve climate challenges! #IAC2021 @NASA @DLR_de @planet @blueorigin
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Currently at the GNF: going to space with the @DeepSpaceFood and @MarthaStewart @mfoundation #IAC2021
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Congratulations to @NASA , @esa , @JAXA_jp on the IAF Special Award on Space for Climate Protection! The IAF recognizes the contribution of the Earth Observing Dashboard in providing accessible Earth Observation data to benefit society and advance knowledge about our home planet.
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Clay Mowry from @blueorigin is presenting more about their initiative @clubforfuture at #IAC2021 Tuesday YP Event
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SAVE THE DATE this Saturday 10 October at 9am ET, 1pm UTC, 3pm CET: the NextGen Summit Part of #CYBERSPACEIAC2020 ‘s programme, and sponsored by @blueorigin , a mix of fun and engaging online talks, activities and cosmic content! Join our Live Stream on
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The IAF Digital Library, the world’s premier online library on SPACE is now available! Discover more than 50 000 papers covering over 70 years of knowledge sharing since the first IAC in 1950. Check it out here!
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"Your challenge is to go to a non-space conference where they dont know about space, they dont know that they are already using space and explain them that actually space can enormously benefit and improve their sector." Chirag PARIKH @WhiteHouse #IAC2022
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We currently have more than 8800 delegates registered!!! We are breaking all records! Congratulations to us 🎉 IAF President EHRENFREUND #iac2022
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#DidYouKnow that 2020 marks NOAA’s 50th anniversary as well as the 60th anniversary of the launch of the first weather satellite, #TIROS -1? Come celebrate with us and learn more @NOAAsatellite ’s virtual booth at #CyberSpaceIAC2020 . See you there!
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