The interplay between cosmology, high energy cosmic rays and particle
physics is more and more obvious. Understanding particle physics helps to understand the Universe, as well as observing the Universe and the
interactions of high energy cosmic rays helps to get a better knowledge of particle physics and of fundamental laws. The connection is not only valid for physics but also for instrumentation.
The achievement of LEP experiments, the preparation of a new generation of detectors for LHC experiments, and the advent and growth of new techniques for non-accelerator experiments have permitted developments of new detectors which are ready to be exported to experimentation in space.
In these lectures I will describe this type of instrumentation and review already achieved or planned space experiments which are using these opportunities and/or are somewhat particle physics inspired. I will describe the examples for cosmology of PLANCK (fluctuations of the cosmic microwave background), SNAP (study of distant supernovae). For cosmic rays I will discuss AMS (low to high energy cosmic rays), GLAST (high energy gamma ray astronomy), ACCESS (high to ultrahigh energy cosmic rays) EUSO (extreme high energy cosmic ray detection), and LISA (study of gravitational waves in the Universe) which all have deep connections with particle physics and with particle physicists.
