The emergence of software for simulating the behavior of pyrolyzable materials dates back to the 1960s, in the context of atmospheric re-entry and propulsion applications. A recent review published by a member of HyFAR-ARA traces the origins of pyrolysis research, from the work of Lavoisier—initially rooted in fundamental studies that contributed to the rise of […]
Introducing a new article series Context It’s fairly common for members of HyFAR-ARA to receive questions about the scientific fields the association works in. Often, these questions come from people who aren’t very familiar with the topics we cover: atmospheric reentry and hypersonic flight. Project To address this, we are launching a series of articles […]
Space‑debris mitigation The rapid rise of space debris in Earth orbit —from tiny bolts to whole launcher stages— and the explosive growth of satellite constellations, whose combined fleets total thousands of satellites, are creating serious problems: congested orbital slots, heightened collision risk, and threats to high‑value space assets. In response, nations are adopting measures […]
The Ablation Workshop The Ablation Workshop is an international conference dedicated to research on ablation, pyrolysis, and materials subjected to stress during the atmospheric reentry of spacecraft. It generally takes place annually (due to the COVID crisis, there were only two events between 2020 and 2024). This event provides a unique meeting place for the […]
The HyFAR-ARA association’s Annual General Meeting has been held on June 18th 2025. The activity report presented by the President and the financial report presented by the Treasurer have been unanimously approved by the Members Assembly. As the current Administrative Board reached the end of its three-year mandate, one of the objectives of the meeting […]
Learn… Share… Exchange… Enjoy. This could have been FAR 2025’s moto, but words are difficult to find when it comes to explain why. So we rely for that on Elsa Abéguilé’s talent, who provided us with the beautiful photographies beneath. They make feel, much better than a long text, the benefits that all participants […]
For her publication “Heat transfer bridge relation for a sharp flat plate in continuum to rarefied hypersonic flows”, Beatriz Carda, in the first year of her thesis at CEA/CESTA, has been nominated for the “Best Student Paper Award” at the FAR 2025 conference. The HyFAR-ARA association and all its members congratulate her, her thesis supervisor […]
Today Monday May 19th 2025 is the official opening day of the conference. The morning session was the subject of several addresses by personalities. Mr Jeroen Van den Eynde[1] started the session on behalf of ESA. He was followed by Mr Patrice Beunard, Deputy Mayor of Arcachon, who welcomed the audience and wished the best […]
The third edition of FAR 2025 opened today. Over 300 participants awaited. On Sunday March 18, ESA’s FAR 2025 conference opened under a summer’s sun. Over 300 people have registered for this third edition, which this year features over 200 oral and poster presentations. Four outstanding conferences have been given during this first day: on […]