Space for European Defence and Security

Replay of the lecture (in english) by General Jean-Daniel Testé, former Commander, Joint Space Command, French armed forces, member of the Air and Space Academy, on 3 june 2025 at the Académie Royale de Belgique. Space systems are today providing major contributions...

Euclid, diving into the deep Universe

Replay of the conference given by Pierre Casenove, project manager for French Euclid contributions, CNES, on May 27, 2025 at the Médiathèque José Cabanis, Toulouse. Launched in July 2023, the European space telescope Euclid began probing the Universe in February 2024...

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...