61st International Astronautical Congress Opens at Prague, Czech Republic

The 61st International Astronautical Congress in 2010 at Prague, Czech Republic, is set to open Monday with hundreds of participants from around the globe including the space agency heads from each of the spacefaring nations.

Under the theme ‘Space for Human Benefit and Exploration,’ the 61st International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is being held in the Czech Republic from 27 September to 1 October, 2010. The IAC is the world's premier international space gathering, with around 3000 high-level delegates and decision-makers from space agencies, industry, and academia including 100 delegates from the Space Generation Congress. [Photos from SpaceGen 2010]