August 31, 2009 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will present the following awards, recognizing key contributions to space science and technology, at a noon awards luncheon on September 16 as part of the AIAA SPACE 2009 Conference & Exposition, September 14, at the Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, Calif.
The AIAA SPACE 2009 Conference and Exhibition is co-chaired by NASA and the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, and sponsored by Orbital Sciences Corporation and Lockheed Martin Corporation. Additional sponsors include The Boeing Company, SpaceX, United Space Alliance, Stellar Solutions, Ball Aerospace Technologies, Harris Corporation, and The Aerospace Corporation. Aerospace America and Space News are the official media sponsors. Additional support is provided by the California Space Authority, the American Astronautical Society, and the AIAA Technical Activities Committee Space & Missiles Group.
For more information on the AIAA Honors and Awards program, please contact Carol Stewart at 703.264.7623 or carols@aiaa.org . For more information on the AIAA SPACE 2009 Conference and Exposition, please contact Duane Hyland at 703.264.7558 or duaneh@aiaa.org . Conference registration is complimentary for credentialed members of the press.
AIAA is the world's largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession. With more than 35,000 individual members worldwide, and 90 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit www.aiaa.org .
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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