Recommended reading

Photos: Paris Air & Space Show 2013 in Pictures

News
By published

Speakers of the Roundtable "Alphasat: Fostering Competitiveness Through Partnership"

ESA (via Flickr as esaexhibitions)

Speakers of the roundtable "Alphasat: Fostering Competitiveness Through Partnership" stand outside the ESA pavilion at the Paris Air & Space Show on June 18, 2013. A model of an Alphasat stands in the background.

ESA Director General Welcomes Vladimir Popovkin, Head of Roscomos

ESA (via Flickr as esaexhibitions)

ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain welcomes Vladimir Popovkin, Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscomos, ESA at the Paris Air & Space Show on June 18, 2013.

Roundtable 'Alphasat: Fostering Competitiveness Through Partnership'

ESA (via Flickr as esaexhibitions)

Speakers take part in a roundtable discussion entitled: "Roundtable 'Alphasat: Fostering Competitiveness Through Partnership,' at the Paris Air & Space Show, June 18, 2013.

Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: community@space.com.

Space.com Staff
Space.com Staff
News and editorial team

Space.com is the premier source of space exploration, innovation and astronomy news, chronicling (and celebrating) humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontier. Originally founded in 1999, Space.com is, and always has been, the passion of writers and editors who are space fans and also trained journalists. Our current news team consists of Editor-in-Chief Tariq Malik; Editor Hanneke Weitering, Senior Space Writer Mike Wall; Senior Writer Meghan Bartels; Senior Writer Chelsea Gohd, Senior Writer Tereza Pultarova and Staff Writer Alexander Cox, focusing on e-commerce. Senior Producer Steve Spaleta oversees our space videos, with Diana Whitcroft as our Social Media Editor.