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 […]
October 28, 1972, 10:39 am: The Toulouse sky is clear! Max Fischl, captain and Bernard Ziegler, flight test director, Roméo Zinzoni, flight engineer and engineers Pierre Caneill and Gunther Scherrer launch the first wide-body aircraft, a twin-engine built by Airbus. After a perfectly controlled flight, only a strong side wind, close to the extreme limits […]
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Clervoy, astronaut, honorary president of Novespace, founder of AirZeroG, fellow of the AAE After a series of unpublished testimonies on his vocation, his missions and the daily life of the astronaut's profession, Jean-François Clervoy will give us his reflections on the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. […]
Public session (Grand Auditorium - José Cabanis Media Library) 09:30 : Acceptance speeches Patrick AUDOUIN, specialist in audiovisual archives and oral interviews in video, AAE fellow elected on 25 September 2020, on: "Oral History, a Living Aeronautical Memory" Michel POLACCO, journalist, aviator, former Secretary General for Information, Radio France, AAE Fellow elected on 18 June […]
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 […]
Small satellites and cubesats have grown in popularity over the last decade as effective tools for space research and technology demonstrations for a variety of applications. The cubesat approach to space missions combined with recent advances in cubesat technologies offer innovative cost-effective and fast turn-around solutions for addressing fundamental scientific questions in Earth remote sensing, […]
By Marc Hamy, President Corporate Affairs, Airbus, fellow of the AAE Aviation is not only an extremely fast, safe and efficient means of transport. This is what makes it possible to connect all the countries of the world in less than 24 hours, to dispersed families to reunite, to economies to develop and open up […]