The Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) will host the third edition of the Aerospace Symposium on Technological Research Advancements (ASTRA 2026) from June 4 to June 6. The three-day national event will be held at the IIST campus at Valiamala. N. Jayan, Director, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), will inaugurate the symposium. A key highlight of ASTRA 2026 is its peer-review publishing partnership with Springer, the organisers said. Published - June 03, 2026 07:38 pm IST