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July 27, 2018
Stellar occultation by asteroid Ultima Thule in Senegal : an opportunity to promote astronomy in Africa
Successfully launched on 19 January 2006, New Horizons returned unprecedented images of the planet Pluto and its moons in 2015. Today, the probe is...
July 27, 2018
CNES in Cordes-sur-Ciel - Seventh ‘Ciel sur Cordes’ operation focuses on space exploration and planetology
On Thursday 26 July, the village of Cordes-sur-Ciel in the Tarn department of France opens its doors for the seventh ‘Ciel sur Cordes’ operation,...
July 26, 2018
Phèdre II plan CNES steps up action to support French Guiana
During his visit to French Guiana in October 2017, the French President affirmed his commitment to step up the space sector’s efforts to support the...
July 25, 2018
Another success for Ariane 5 - Four new Galileo satellites in orbit - 400 million Galileo users
On Wednesday 25 July, in the presence of Frédérique Vidal, French Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Ariane 5 completed its...
July 20, 2018
France and Azerbaijan cooperate in space Framework agreement between CNES and Azercosmos
As part of the official visit by the President of Azerbaijan to France, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Rashad Nabiyev, CEO and Chairman of the...
July 20, 2018
Next Ariane 5 mission to launch four new Galileo satellites
Wednesday 25 July, Ariane 5 will be sent aloft from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, to orbit the 23rd, 24th, 25th and...
July 18, 2018
InSight mission to Mars, CNES’s SEIS seismometer is in good shape
On 16 July at 15:45 UTC, the SEIS seismometer was powered up on its nominal channel for the first time in space since the launch of InSight on 5 May...
July 17, 2018
French-U.S. space cooperation - CNES President and NASA Administrator resolve to pursue and develop their close relationship
Tuesday 17 July, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall met NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine in London, where the two agency heads took the opportunity...
July 17, 2018
Planck: final data from the mission lends strong support to the standard cosmological model
In 2013, ESA's Planck mission unveiled a new image of the cosmos: an all-sky survey of the microwave radiation produced at the beginning of the...
July 17, 2018
Range safety at the Guiana Space Centre - CNES selects Zodiac Data Systems to supply autonomous range safety system
As the operator of the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), CNES is responsible on behalf of the French government for assuring the safety of people and...
July 16, 2018
42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Nanosatellites and Space Climate Observatory share centre stage
Sunday 15 July in Pasadena, California, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall was at the opening of the 42nd Scientific Assembly of COSPAR (COmmittee on...
July 13, 2018
National defence - CNES expertise serving France’s forces
As France prepares for its traditional 14 July national celebrations and military parade, CNES is proud to highlight its relationship with French...
July 12, 2018
Floods in Japan, CNES activates Pleiades satellites to aid relief efforts
Since 6 July, flooding and landslides after severe rainstorms in west and south-west Japan have claimed close to 200 lives in the space of three...
July 10, 2018
Bernard Chemoul appointed Inspector General of CNES
Bernard Chemoul has been appointed Inspector General of CNES, reporting to the President Jean-Yves Le Gall, effective 1 September 2018. The...
July 9, 2018
EuroScience Open Forum 2018 (ESOF), how space is helping to tackle climate change
The EuroScience Open Forum 2018 (ESOF) is being held this week from Monday 9 to Saturday 14 July in Toulouse. This major professional science and...
July 9, 2018
Ecole de l’Air names Class of 2017 after General Robert Aubinière, first Director General of CNES
Friday 6 July at Air Base 701 in Salon-de-Provence, the Ecole de l’Air, France’s air officer training school, held its traditional class naming...
July 9, 2018
Aix-en-Provence economic forum “A world in metamorphosis” - CNES presents Space Climate Observatory as a tool informing climate action decisions
Sunday 8 July, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall was at the 18th Aix-en-Provence economic forum, focused this year on the theme of ‘A world in...
July 6, 2018
The Spirit of Space CNES’s - 215 Managers meet in Toulouse to envision strategy for 2030
This year’s CNES Managers Seminar was held on Thursday 5 and Friday 6 July in Toulouse, bringing together 215 participants from the agency’s four...
July 2, 2018
Space cooperation between France and South Korea - CNES briefs KARI and KMA on Space Climate Observatory
The meetings were a chance to strengthen space cooperation between France and Korea around the SCO, which was announced in Paris at the One Planet...
July 2, 2018
Laureates of #ActInSpace® 2018
The laureates of this year’s ActInSpace received their awards from CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and the competition’s partners at the Toulouse...

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