The IAF was founded in 1951 and is an international non-governmental, non-profit organization, located in Paris.
It aims at promoting space research and the development and application of space activities for purposes of peace and cultural enrichment and as a challenge for the society, and fights to show the quality-of-life benefits stemming from space-related activities to the society.
The ASI has been a member of the IAF since 1989.
Link to the website: http://www.iafastro.org/
THURSDAY 21 MAY 2026
Promotion and dialogue activities in the space sector fall within the scope of the Italy-India Joint Strategic Action Plan 2025-2029 MORE...
TUESDAY 19 MAY 2026
Martin C. Weisskopf, born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1942 died on Saturday May 2, 2026, in Huntsville, Alabama. MORE...
FRIDAY 08 MAY 2026
The cooperation agreement signed today at the Italian Embassy in Berlin for the mission with significant Italian participation MORE...
MONDAY 19 JANUARY 2026
Just days after launch, the first images are received from the third satellite of the second generation of the Earth Observation programme promoted by the Italian Space Agency and the Ministry of Defence, involving national industry with Leonardo, Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio and e-GEO MORE...
FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2025
Developed through the funding of Italian Space Agency within the PNRR Space Factory 4.0 MORE...
