Message from the General Chairs

The first two successful International Conferences on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology (SMC-IT) were held in 2003 and 2006, respectively, each drawing over 300 attendees from space agencies, national labs, defense, academia, and aerospace and related industry. The Third IEEE International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology (SMC-IT 2009) convenes on July 19-23, 2009, in Pasadena, CA. As previously, this forum provides the opportunity for system designers, engineers, scientists, practitioners, and space explorers to foster technical interchange on all hardware and software aspects of IT applications in space missions.