The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), founded in 1960, is a non-governmental organization recognized by the United Nations. It serves as an independent community of experts committed to advancing space exploration. The IAA fosters the development of astronautics for peaceful purposes, facilitates international cooperation, and provides guidance on space-related issues through conferences, publications like the Acta Astronautica journal, and cosmic studies. The IAA works closely with space agencies like NASA and ESA, as well as industry and academic institutions.
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Antonio Abad is a member of the International Academy of Astronautics.
Noelia Sánchez Ortiz, co-founder and scientific director of Arribes, currently leads the Space Debris Committee (SBC) of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and the Space Traffic Management (STM) group of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF).
Darren McKnight is a senior technical fellow at LeoLabs and a member of the International Academy of Astronautics’ Space Debris Committee who assessed moderate confidence that the Yunhai-1 (02) event was a collision and identified the impactor size as likely 1–0.1 m.