Pollution: everything we can see, understand and monitor from space

Replay of the lecture held on March 25, 2025 at the Médiathèque José Cabanis in Toulouse, by Cathy Clerbaux, Director of Research at CNRS, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, member of AAE. The media regularly report that the state of the atmosphere is getting worse,...

Will we reach for the stars?

Replay of the conference held on January 28, 2025 at the José Cabanis multimedia library, Toulouse By Roland Lehoucq, astrophysicist at CEA Saclay Space travel is a favorite theme in science fiction. Some films, like Star Wars or Star Trek, feature fabulous spaceships...

Air traffic control in Europe: a real storm

Lecture by Marc Baumgartner, room manager and air traffic controller at SKYGUIDE, member of the AAE, on February 25, 2025 at the José Cabanis media library in Toulouse. The impact of COVID on aviation was abysmal. Air traffic was at an all-time low. By 2024, air...

Human-Systems Integration: A discussion of artificial intelligence

Replay of the conference held on November 26, 2024 at the Médiathèque José Cabanis, Toulouse. (in french) By Prof. Guy André Boy, FlexTech Chair, ESTIA & CentraleSupélec (Paris Saclay University), AAE member We now live in a digital and virtual world in which we...

Towards an exploration of the Moon that respects its environment

Replay of the conference held on October 29, 2024 at the Médiathèque José Cabanis, Toulouse. By Michel Blanc, Professor Emeritus, IRAP, University of Toulouse, Chair of the COSPAR “Panel on Exploration”, fellow of the AAE Lunar exploration is the first...

Stratospheric balloons and their applications

Replay of the lecture of May 28, 2024 at the Médiathèque José Cabanis – Toulouse (in french) By Vincent Dubourg, Deputy Director of Balloons at CNES, Orbital Systems and Applications Division For 60 years, CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales) has been...

The Guiana Space Centre opens wide the Door to Outer Space

Replay of the lecture (in French) of April 23, 2024 at the Médiathèque José Cabanis – Toulouse By Marie-Anne Clair, former director of the Guiana Space Centre, CNES, AAE correspondent The powerful blast that is disrupting the space transportation ecosystem has...