Saturday, July 14, 2007

India To Host 58th International Astronautical Congress, Sunita Williams May Join

The International Astronautical Congress (IAC), one of the world’s largest and authoritative forum of the Global Space Community, will be held in Hyderabad from September 24-28.
The Congress is hosted by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Astronautical Society of India (ASI), in conjunction with powerful global organisation like IAF, IAA and IISL, National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) Director K Radhakrishnan said on Thursday, 12 July 2007.
About 2500 space professionals, journalists and students engaged in space activities all over the world will participate in the week-long Congress, 200 organisations will be exhibiting from across the globe and the event expects over 10,000 business visitors. Radhakrishnan said that they are awaiting confirmation from Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams who has only recently returned from the mission in space. He added that they are expecting that Williams will accept to attend the plenary session on the last day of the congress.
The theme of this Congress is “Touching Humanity: Space For Improving Quality of Life,” he said.

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