By Franck Goldnadel, President of Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur The greening of aviation is often talked about by manufacturers and airlines, but less so by hospitality structures, which also have serious challenges to face. These include the airport's technical resources, the preparation of refuelling with new fuels, some of which are difficult to transfer, […]
By Alexis Rouillard, CNRS researcher, IRAP and Philippe Louarn, CNRS research director, IRAP Why is the Sun's atmosphere two hundred times hotter than its surface? How are solar winds and thunderstorms created? To answer these big astrophysical questions, the Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter space probes set off in 2018 and 2020 to discover […]
With Jean Pinet, former experimental test pilot, doctor in psychology-ergonomics and former president of the AAE; Alain Garcia, former Executive Vice President Engineering at Airbus Commercial Aircraft and former Vice-President of AAE; Jacques Verrière, former Captain, Air France Instructor and Chairman of AAE Section 3. This conference, in the form of a round-table discussion, will […]
By Pierre Léna, astrophysicist and Professor Emeritus, Observatoire de Paris - PSL & Université Paris Cité, member of the Académie des sciences In 1973 over Africa, the Concorde-001 prototype, piloted by André Turcat and flying at Mach 2 in the shadow of the Moon, offered the nine scientists on board the longest totality of a […]
By General (2S) Jean-Daniel Testé, former Joint Space Commander, Vice-Chairman AGENA SPACE, Associate BL Consulting France, member of AAE In an international context that is unstable, highly uncertain and more conflict-ridden than ever, General Jean-Daniel Testé will examine the notion of spatial conflict and its various facets, and offer his vision of the players and […]
By Jean-Pierre Luminet, CNRS Emeritus Research Director, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, corresponding member of AAE A large part of the plot of the famous science-fiction film Interstellar (2014) features several aspects of Einstein's theory and its extensions: wormholes, black holes, distortions of space and time, string theory, unification of physics. In this lecture, which follows […]
By Alain Ratier, AAE member, former Director General of EUMETSAT The European meteorological ecosystem and the contribution of the MSG and EPS/Metop systems to forecasting will be presented, together with the observation capabilities of the new-generation MTG and EPS/Metop-SG systems currently being deployed, and the first examples of their contribution to different types of forecasting. […]
Welcome aboard “Vol AAE 8.30,” the Academy’s new quarterly digital event(In french – AI subtitles available). This short, intensive, and fully online 90-minute session is designed to break down major technological issues with a pair of experts—without disrupting your schedule. Artificial Intelligence is no longer a distant promise: it is already integrated into our tools […]
ByJacques Verrière, former Captain, Air France Flight Instructor, Member of the AAE Weather conditions have a considerable influence on flight operations and space launches. This presentation will show how, even in 2025, weather conditions are a major safety and cost factor for air transport and space launches. Secondly, it will explore the innovations already in […]
Welcome aboard the “Vol AAE 8.30” morning sessions, the Academy’s quarterly digital event. This short, intensive, and 100% online session lasts 1 hour and 30 minutes and is designed to break down major technological issues with a pair of experts—all without disrupting your schedule. Your Flight Captains The French Space Agency: Three Faces Marie-Anne CLAIR, […]
Event (in Spanish) organized by the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio (ETSIAE) and the Air and Space Academy (AAE). With support from AEE, TEDAE, and AIAE Presentation of Dossier 56, “Seven Recommendations to Secure the Future of European Launchers.” The ESA Ministerial Council, which met in Seville in November 2023, convened […]
By Thierry Fusco, Research Director, Scientific Assistant, Optics Department, ONERA Adaptive optics has revolutionized high-resolution imaging by compensating in real time for the adverse effects of atmospheric turbulence. Now a key component of giant telescopes, this multi-disciplinary technology enables us to explore the universe with unprecedented image quality, monitor our immediate surroundings and focus laser […]