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12th IAA Symposium on Future Space Exploration

9–11 Jun 2025
Torino, Italy
Europe/Rome timezone

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12th IAA Symposium on Future Space Exploration, Moon, Mars and beyond: becoming an Interplanetary Civilization

SYMPOSIUM DATES AND LOCATION
A new three-days International Symposium on the future of Space Exploration will be organized by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and the Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIDAA). The symposium will be held at Politecnico di Torino, Italy, on 9-11 June 2025.
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SYMPOSIUM GOALS
The International Academy of Astronautics has been fostering global cooperation in human and robotic space exploration for more than five decades. With the return to the Moon already started with robotics spacecraft and with humans in the next few years, planning for exploration beyond LEO is becoming finally a reality, while it is expected that the world’s space agencies will leave much of the work in LEO to private organizations.
With the support of AIDAA, the goals of this new Symposium are to present the final results of IAA activities related to programs beyond LEO, beginning with the Moon Village vision. The Moon Village is considered the next logical step for humans beyond LEO and a stepping stone for Mars exploration and other interplanetary journeys.
The aim is to promote an exchange of ideas and experiences, within the space community, discussing the activities presented, and proposing new concrete global space exploration activities involving established and emerging space agencies and industries.
Special effort will be devoted to involve young professionals and new space start-up companies, making the symposium a forum for fostering new initiatives.
Papers related to technology, science, programmatics, economics, ethical and cultural aspects of exploration will be accepted.

  • Technology

    • Propulsion and power generation

    • Mission and trajectory design

    • Attitude dynamics

    • Navigation, guidance and control

    • Very deep space telecommunications

    • Sensors, detectors and lens systems

    • Precursor interstellar missions

    • Nanotechnology and robotics

    • Innovative concepts

    • Regenerative life support systems

    • ISRU systems

    • Planetary protection

    • Telepresence

    • Structures and materials

    • In-space manufacturing

  • Science

    • Scientific objectives and payload requirements

    • Present outgoing scientific missions

    • Biosignatures from space

    • Medical problems of very long-range spaceflight

    • Hibernation

    • Planetary environments

  • Programmatics

    • Cooperation schemes and roadmaps

    • Reporting of the ongoing IAA Study Groups

    • Role of the public and private space stations in space exploration

  • Motivations

    • Motivations and human aspects

    • Policy and international cooperation

    • Ideas from science fiction to technology

  • Policy/Law

    • Lunar Governance

    • International Lunar Cooperation

    • Law implication of Exploration Activities

  • Economics

    • Funding aspects and economic sustainability

    • Space mineral resources

    • Space resources exploitation

  • Ethics

    • Ethical aspects of long-range exploration

    • Environmental issues related to space exploration

    • From exploration to colonization

    • Ethical aspects of terraforming

    • Robot ethics

    • Adaptation of humans to new environments

    • Experience of 10 Years of ISS permanent activity

  • Cultural

    • Multicultural aspects of human space exploration

    • Outreach aspects of Space Exploration

    • Access to space for emerging countries