International Astronautical Federation

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International Astronautical Federation

Formation	1951; 73 years ago (1951)
Founded at	Paris, France
Type	Non-governmental organization
Purpose	Space advocacy
Location	Paris, France
Membership	397 members from 68 countries
Official languages	English
Website	www.iafastro.org

The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) is an international space advocacy organization based in Paris, and founded in 1951 as a non-governmental organization to establish a dialogue between scientists around the world and to lay the information for international space cooperation. It has over 390 members from 68 countries across the world. They are drawn from space agencies, companies, universities, professional associations, museums, government organizations and learned societies. The IAF organizes the annual International Astronautical Congress (IAC).^[1] As of 2019,^[update] Pascale Ehrenfreund has served as the president of the IAF.