International Astronautical Federation

International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
founding	1951
founder	Eugene singer
Seat	Paris , France
purpose	Space travel
Chair	Dr. Christian Feichtinger
Members	340
Website	www.iafastro.org

The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) is based in Paris . It was founded in 1951 with founding president Eugen Sänger as a non-governmental organization and has over 340 members from 68 countries around the world. They are led by industry, professional communities, government organizations, and learned societies.

GDR postage stamp (first issue 1990) for the IAF Congress in Dresden

The space agency has links to the International Academy of Astronautics and the International Institute of Space Law , with which the IAF organizes the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) every year.

In close cooperation with the United Nations , the IAF organizes the Space Workshop for Developing Nations every year and takes part in Unispace III . Together with the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) and the International Institute for Space Law, the IAF prepares an annual overview of highlights in space for the United Nations.

Berndt Feuerbacher was president from 2008 to 2012 . After the founding president Eugen Sänger in 1951, he was the second German to take on this post. He was followed in his office by the Japanese Kiyoshi Higuchi . Pascale Ehrenfreund was elected President of the IAF in October 2018 .

Web links

• DLR Portal - Berndt Feuerbacher new President of the International Astronautical Federation
• Homepage of the IAF (English)
• Glasgow lands major event space (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ IAF Secretariat | Iaf. Retrieved May 30, 2018 (UK English). 
2. ↑ About | Iaf. Retrieved May 30, 2018 (UK English). 
3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Pascale Ehrenfreund new President-elect of the space agency IAF . Article dated October 8, 2018, accessed October 9, 2018.