The 2026 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, hosted by the American Astronautical Society (AAS) and cohosted by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will be held July 26–30 in Whistler, BC, Canada. The conference is organized by the AAS Space Flight Mechanics Committee and the AIAA Astrodynamics Technical Committee.
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To recognize his scientific contributions, retirement, and the 70th birthday of Professor Daniele Mortari.
In cooperation with the American Astronautical Society (AAS) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and sponsored by: Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, and Institute of Scientific Computations of Texas A&M University.
Professor Daniele Mortari is a distinguished scholar renowned for his research in spacecraft attitude determination, star tracker data processing, satellite constellation design, and applied mathematics. Over his career, he has supervised several Ph.D. and M.S. students, authored over 130 journal articles, 250 conference papers, and delivered over 100 invited seminars. Dr. Mortari has been widely recognized for his work, including Best Paper Awards from AAS/AIAA conference and from Mathematics and Advances in Space Research journals, three NASA Group Achievement Awards, the 2007 IEEE Judith A. Resnik Award, and the 2015 AAS Dirk Brouwer Award. He was elected Fellow of IEEE, AAS, AIIA, and AAIA, an Associate Fellow of AIAA, a member of the International Academy of Astronautics, and an honorary member of IEEE-AESS and AIDAA. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Functional Interpolation section of the journal Mathematics and has previously been an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems and the AAS Journal of the Astronautical Sciences.
The 2025 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, hosted by the American Astronautical Society (AAS) and cohosted by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will be held August 10-14 in Boston, MA. The conference is organized by the AAS Space Flight Mechanics Committee and the AIAA Astrodynamics Technical Committee.
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