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 | | Members exchange information about their national space programs, make technical presentations on selected topics relevant to human space flight operations, discuss the Congress theme, and present the ASE Planetary Award to a person who has made an outstanding contribution related to that theme. |
 | | Past recipients of the award include Jacques Yves Cousteau, Oleg Gazenko, Gerard O'Neill, Thomas Paine, Boris Raushenbakh, Yash Pal, Hendrick van de Hulst, Hans Dietrich Genscher, Isaac Asimov, Hermann Bondi, Yuri Gagarin, Stanislaw Lem, Nicolas Matte, José María Figueres and Edith Cresson and Virgiliu Constantinescu. |
 | | As the only professional association for astronauts, ASE supports the advancement of space exploration by providing opportunities for communication among space professionals at the international level. |
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