as of 2nd January 2012

Very Best wishes for the New Year to all Academicians from the IAA Secretariat. IAA Season's Greetings

Online registration for the Astrodynamics Conference in Porto , Portugal is available.

Report on IAA Workshop on Drake Equation, held at CNES, Paris , France on 21-22 November 2011 is now available.

1st IAA-CRPSM International Workshop on "Remote Sensing of the Environment for the Sub Saharian regions" - ReSESS 2011, held in Nairobi, Kenya, 31 October to 4 November 2011. Participants were from Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Ethiopia, France, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Senegal Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, waziland, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States and Zambia.

Final report of the Space Solar Power is now available. The First International Assessment Of Space Solar Power : Opportunities, Issues And Potential Pathways Forward.

IAA Newly Elected members 2011 were inducted during the Academy Day dinner held in Cape Town, South Africa on 2nd October 2011.

The list of Newly Elected members 2011 is available.

Acta Astronautica Journal, Volume 69, issues 11-12, December 2011, is now available. IAA members are entitled for a special subscription rate for their Journal.

We have lost mail contact with the following members. Any information is welcomed.

Obituary