• Mars in search of life

    By Sylvestre Maurice, astrophysicist at IRAP, specialist in Martian exploration, AAE correspondent These are great times! To date, 12 vehicles are operational around Mars or on its surface. Trophy of national supremacy, field of technological experiments, source of wonder for the peoples who follow with fervor this adventure, the exploration of the red planet represents […]

  • WEC 2023

    The Czech Association of Scientific and Technical Societies (CSVTS) in cooperation with the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) is organizing the 7th World Engineers Convention WEC 2023 which will take place in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, between 9 – 15 October 2023. The Czech Republic is a friendly country with a […]

  • Aviation was born with oil : so what now?

    By Xavier Bouis, Chairman of the Energy and Environment Commission of the Air and Space Academy (C2E) Since 1800, fossil fuels and their use in machines have gradually liberated us from the "survival" mode of our ancestors... Agriculture, medicine, housing, transport, industry, leisure, free time... The unimaginable is here, accessible to many if not all! […]

  • Decarbonisation of aviation: a race against time

    By Jérémy Caussade, co-founder, president and chief engineer, AURA AERO Aviation naturally tends to want to decarbonize. Simply because his obsession is to spend less to cost less, especially since for 50 years oil has been more and more expensive. Technological developments are often staged. For barely ten years these innovations have been linked and […]

  • Can innovation alone meet the challenges of aeronautics and space?

    To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the Air and Space Academy (AAE) has decided to organize an international forum to confront the standpoints of several European personalities as to the future of civil and defence aeronautics and space with the aim of bringing to the forefront the contribution of innovation and the major lines of force. […]

  • Formal Session of the 40th anniversary

    From 9:15 to 12:00: Public session Grand Auditorium – José Cabanis Media Library 1 alley Jacques Chaban DelmasFrom 14:00 to 17:00: Formal session Hall of Illustrious – Town Hall Place du Capitole9:15 - Acceptance speech Philippe BORENTIN, Historian of Concorde, fellow of Section 5, elected on June 16, 2022, on: "What am I doing on […]

  • Exploring Jupiter and its icy moons: the JUICE mission

    By Cyril CAVEL , JUICE Project Manager, Airbus Defence and Space and Olivier WITASSE, JUICE Project Scientist, European Space Agency JUICE, a major project of the European Space Agency, is a satellite built by Airbus Defense & Space that is scheduled to take off in 2023 and join Jupiter in 2031. The mission aims to […]

  • GEIPAN studies UAPs/UFOs

    By Vincent Costes, head of GEIPAN at CNES with the participation of Francine Cordier, GEIPAN investigator GEIPAN studies aerospace observations, unexplained phenomena observed in the sky, that have been reported to it since 1977 (46 years). This is one of the many missions of the CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales). It's a very original mission. […]

  • Mankind in Search of Its Origins in the Age of the James Webb Space Telescope

    By Sylvie Vauclair, astrophysicist, professor emeritus, member of the AAE Since the dawn of humanity, human beings have sought to understand the world in which they live and to situate themselves in relation to it. Science and technology have led to spectacular advances that have challenged old ideas and changed humanity's self-image of the cosmos. […]

  • How Airbus overtook Boeing thanks to the success of the A320 Family

    By Georges Ville, 60 years with Airbus, former President of the AAE Airbus Industrie became interested in the single-aisle market in 1981 and in 1984 launched the A320 family equipped with CFM56 engines with the support of Air France. Technological innovations and visionary choices in the definition of the aircraft are helping to anticipate its […]

  • The Guiana Space Centre opens wide the Door to Outer Space

    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 not spared the Guiana Space Center. The current model, in which Arianespace is the sole user of the space base, has fizzled out and the CSG, like an airport hosting several […]

  • Decarbonizing Air Transport and Reaching Autonomous Human Spaceflight : Two Topical Challenges for Europe

    A meeting organized by the Air and Space Academy  and the Center of Aerospace Research of Sapienza, University of Rome About the decarbonisation of aviation, the conference will focus on its four main pillars: continuous performance improvement, sustainable alternative fuels, carbon capture, and ”sobriety”. The crucial development of alternative fuels raises the question of the […]