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International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Awards 2024

https://www.iafastro.org/activities/honours-and-awards/

The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) calls for nominations for the 2024 IAF Awards. Recognizing the achievements of your friends and colleagues of the space community and nominate individuals, teams, and organizations for one of our awards.

Submit via email at award@iafastro.org by Tuesday 19 December 2023!

We look forward to receiving your nominations packages and good luck to everyone!

The IAF through the work of the Honors and Awards (HAC) Committee confers a number of awards every year to individuals and groups who have distinguished themselves in space cooperation and space activities at global level and who are engaged with or participate actively in the activities of the Federation.

IAF AWARDS:
* WORLD SPACE AWARD
* IAF EXCELLENCE IN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AWARD
* IAF EXCELLENCE IN “3G” DIVERSITY AWARD
* IAF HALL OF FAME AWARD
* FRANK J. MALINA ASTRONAUTICS MEDAL AWARD

https://www.iafastro.org/activities/honours-and-awards/

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Space and Geopolitical Perspectives on India’s Moon Landing

On August 23, 2023, India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission landed on the moon. The success of this landing has been years in the making by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). This hard work resulted in a successful landing on the moon’s south pole, a first. India is only the fourth country to complete a successful, intact landing on the moon after the United States, the Soviet Union, and China.

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