By Peter von Ballmoos, astrophysicist, teacher-researcher at the University of Toulouse, IRAP. Dark matter, dark energy, inflation, baryonic asymmetry are today essential hypotheses to explain the Universe we observe. While the very nature of these hypotheses remains stubbornly obscure, their mathematical formalism manages to model the observations with a very high degree of precision. This […]

By Stéphane Viala, Senior Vice President Engineering, Head of Design Organization, ATR ATR (Regional Transport Aircraft) is the world leader in the regional turboprop segment. ATR created in 1981 to celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2021. Since its creation, the ATR has relied on a low carbon footprint by implementing a policy of incremental evolution […]

Lecture by Michel Wachenheim, president of Air & Space Academy The lecture will present the challenges that aviation has to overcome for decarbonising its activities: clear and believable communication, technology capabilities including infrastructure, economic impacts, global interoperability including international strategies, and common assessment of the societal value of air transport. This presentation will refer to […]

By Sylvestre Maurice, astrophysicist at IRAP, specialist in Martian exploration, correspondent of the AAE. These are great times! To date, 12 vehicles are operational around Mars or on its surface. A trophy of national supremacy, a field of technological experimentation, a source of wonder for the people who fervently follow this adventure, the exploration of […]

By Willy Benz, Professor of Astrophysics, University of Bern, President-Elect International Astronomical Union (IAU), AAE correspondent. The discovery of the first exoplanet in 1995 by Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz (discovery awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019) triggered a real revolution in astronomy with the aim of characterizing these planets and searching for life […]

By Gal. Jean-Daniel Testé, former Joint Space Commander, France Director of AEROSPACELAB, AAE correspondent. In a world where space risks and threats (debris proliferation, anti-satellite weapons experimentation, unfriendly actions in space) are steadily increasing, accurate knowledge of space activities is today a great challenge for space nations around the world. France and Europe must play […]

Civilian drones have developed rapidly, but several ambitions remain unmet for technical or regulatory reasons. Many business applications are already up and running; we can already analyze the achievements of Air France and SNCF. (Lecture will be done in french)   "Small drones, big ambitions" by Stéphane MORELLI, Head of Drone Simulation Products, Sogitec   […]

By André BORD, Honorary Member of the Air and Space Academy This presentation analyses the design characteristics and performances of electrically powered aircraft , aimed at the urban passenger transport market , which could significantly reduce both the urban traffic congestion and its associated pollution. The specification for these aircraft are based upon the Uber […]

By Jean-François Clervoy, astronaut, honorary president of Novespace, founder of AirZeroG, fellow of the AAE After a series of unpublished testimonies on his vocation, his missions and the daily life of the astronaut's profession, Jean-François Clervoy will give us his reflections on the contemporary debates affecting the profession in the light of his privileged experience. […]

By Jérôme Bonini , Senior Vice President, Research and Technology, Safran Aircraft Engines Reducing engine consumption remains a major element in the future of aeronautics. Although much progress has been made over the past 50 years, technological breakthroughs associated with the use of renewable fuels must be considered in the next 10 years in order […]

By Dr. Patrick Michel, Director of Research at the CNRS/Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, ESA Hera Mission Scientific Manager The DART (NASA) and Hera (ESA) missions are the first fully documented asteroid deflection test based on the kinetic impactor technique, to verify and potentially validate this technique and numerical simulations of asteroid-scale impacts. The first […]

By Jean Blouvac , Head of the Exploration and Human Spaceflight Program, CNES At the November 2022 Ministerial Conference, ESA Member States confirmed their involvement in human exploration and flight through the Terrae Nova programme. A few days before the launch of the ARTEMIS I mission was successfully carried out allowing the first mission of […]