AIAA History ProgramsAIAA History Programs

Emily SpringerManager, AIAA Historic Aerospace Site Program14 October 2008

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AIAA History

• Founded in 1963 with merger of two societies• American Rocket Society (American

Interplanetary Society) 1930 • Institute of the Aerospace Sciences (Institute of

the Aeronautical Sciences) 1932

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History at AIAA

• Historic Aerospace Sites Program• Historic Reprint Book Series• History Literature Awards• Online ARS and IAS Journals• Technical History Papers• 75th Anniversary Celebrations

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Historic Aerospace Sites Program

• Founded in 2000 by AIAA To foster the preservation and recognition of the aerospace

profession’s rich heritage• Including 2008, 46 Sites have been Selected• 34 Dedications or Rededications have been completed• Each Sites Receives

Ceremony Plaque Brochure

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Plaque

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Ceremonies - Edwards AFB, CA

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Ceremonies - Woomera, Australia

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History Literature Award

• Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award First Awarded in 2002 Award is presented for the best original contribution to the field of

aeronautical or astronautical historical non-fiction literature published in the last five years dealing with the science, technology, and/or impact of aeronautics and astronautics on society.

• History Manuscript Award First Awarded in 1969 Award is presented for the best historical manuscript dealing with the

science, technology, and/or impact of aeronautics and astronautics on society

• Awards consist of an engraved medal, a certificate of citation, rosette pin and a $500 honorarium and are presented at an appropriate AIAA conference.

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Reprint Series

• AIAA started a classic reprint series to make available rare or hard-to-find aerospace texts that would be of lasting interest to the field

• Volumes to date: Robert H. Goddard, Rockets, 1947 American Rocket

Society Samuel P. Langley, Experiments in

Aerodynamics,1893, Smithsonian Institution

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Reprint Series

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Online ARS and IAS Journals

• The classic journals of the ARS and IAS are being scanned into pdf format to be available online

• ARS 1930-1963 Bulletin of the American Interplanetary Society Astronautics Journal of the American Rocket Society ARS Journal Jet Propulsion

• IAS 1934-1963 Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences Journal of the Aero-Space Sciences Journal of the Aerospace Sciences

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History Technical Papers

• 30-50 technical papers are presented each year at AIAA conferences focusing on the range of Aerospace topics

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AIAA 75th Anniversary

• Logo• Special sessions at conferences• Distinguished Lecturer• Special addition to Aerospace America• AIAA History - Rocketeers and Gentlemen

Engineers

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Future Projects

• Web site/other new media• Oral Histories• Focus on local history with AIAA sections

Historic sites Archival projects

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Challenges

• Personnel

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