• Space strategies: are we heading for a war in space?

    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 […]

  • Entretiens de Toulouse 2026

    This training course is organised around thematic encounters spread over 4 half-days. The participant chooses: 1 Interview per half-day from the 18 discussion areas and 72 Interviews on offer, and […]

  • Travel through a black hole with Interstellar

    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 […]

  • European satellites for weather forecasting

    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 […]

  • What’s the latest on life on Mars?

    By Sylvestre Maurice, astrophysicist-planetologist, director of IRAP, AAE correspondent We live in extraordinary times: some twenty robotic vehicles have explored Mars since the year 2000. A trophy of national supremacy, […]

  • 1945-1960: the renaissance of French military aviation

    By Jean-Marc Olivier, professor of contemporary history, co-founder and co-director of the magazine "Nacelles. Passé et présent de l'aéronautique et du spatial", AAE correspondent. By 1945, the French Air Force […]