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May 7, 2021
MARS 2020 MISSION - FRENCH SUPERCAM INSTRUMENT RECORDS AUDIO FROM INGENUITY’S FOURTH FLIGHT
On 1 May, the French-U.S. SuperCam instrument on NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded for the first time on Mars the sounds from the Ingenuity...
May 4, 2021
CNES AND ONERA STEP UP COOPERATION ON NEW-GENERATION ORBITAL SYSTEMS
As longstanding partners in space research, CNES and ONERA are joining forces and combining their expertise to address new challenges in the fields...
May 3, 2021
THOMAS PESQUET ON THE ISS READY TO ACCOMPLISH ESA’S ALPHA MISSION
Saturday 24 April, SpaceX’s Crew-2 Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) after launching yesterday from...
April 30, 2021
SPACEFOUNDERS CNES LAUNCHES ACCELERATOR PROGRAMME FOR EUROPEAN SPACE TECH START-UPS
CNES and Bundeswehr University Munich (UniBw) are partnering to launch SpaceFounders, a French-German accelerator programme looking to help the best...
April 29, 2021
VEGA COMPLETES 18TH SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT ORBITS PLEIADES NEO 3, NORSAT-3 AND FOUR CUBESATS
On the night of 28 to 29 April, Vega accomplished a flawless launch from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), carrying Pleiades Neo...
April 27, 2021
18TH VEGA MISSION TO ORBIT PLEIADES NEO 3, NORSAT-3 AND FOUR CUBESATS
On the night of 28 to 29 April, Vega will lift off from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) carrying the Pleiades Neo 3 optical...
April 23, 2021
FRANCE’S ESA ASTRONAUT THOMAS PESQUET EN ROUTE TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
Friday 23 April, a Falcon 9 launcher completed a flawless flight from Kennedy Space Centre (KSC) at Cape Canaveral, Florida, orbiting the SpaceX...
April 19, 2021
ESA ALPHA MISSION - WATCH THOMAS PESQUET’S LAUNCH TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION LIVE !
Thursday 22 April at 12:11 CET, France’s ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will depart from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on SpaceX's Crew-2 Dragon spacecraft...
April 15, 2021
FRANCE-INDIA SPACE COOPERATION, CNES JOINS INDIAN HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT PROGRAMME
Thursday 15 April, during the official visit to India of Jean-Yves Le Drian, the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, CNES and the Indian Space...
April 14, 2021
CNES-DLR COOPERATION - P8.3 LAUNCHER TEST STAND INAUGURATED
Wednesday 14 April, at the invitation of Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, Chair of the Executive Board of the German space agency DLR, and Professor Stefan...
April 14, 2021
PHILIPPE BAPTISTE APPOINTED CNES PRESIDENT
 At its cabinet meeting on Wednesday 14 April, the government appointed Philippe Baptiste as President of the French space agency CNES. Born in 1972...
April 2, 2021
CNES AND CAPGEMINI STEP UP COOPERATION ON MAJOR CLIMATE CHALLENGES
On Monday 22 March, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Capgemini CEO Aiman Ezzat met to discuss the strategic issues of digital transformation and...
March 31, 2021
ASTROSEL21 - DARE TO BECOME A FRENCH ASTRONAUT WITH ESA!
The European Space Agency (ESA) is opening a new astronaut selection campaign from 31 March to 28 May 2021. Candidates must be aged 27 to 50, have...
March 30, 2021
CNES AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPACE OPTICS
Besides Earth-observation missions and exploration of the universe, optical technologies have a wide range of applications in telecommunications,...
March 25, 2021
CNES AND ANRTJOIN FORCES TO BOOST LUNAR ECONOMY
Tuesday 23 March, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Patrice Caine, President of ANRT, the French research and technology association, signed a...
March 23, 2021
IAF SPRING MEETINGS, CNES AND IAF SIGN AGREEMENT ON HOSTING OF IAC 2022 IN PARIS
From Tuesday 23 to Thursday 25 March, the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) is holding its traditional yearly Spring Meetings in virtual...
March 19, 2021
‘BLOB’ EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENT LAUNCHED FOR ESA’S ALPHA MISSION
At the presentation day held at the Toulouse Space Centre on Thursday 18 March for the French scientific and educational experiments set to depart...
March 18, 2021
296TH SESSION OF ESA COUNCIL - MAINTAINING THE INDUSTRY BASE
This 296th session addressed two major issues: the mechanism designed to mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on Europe’s space industry and...
March 16, 2021
CNES AT MUNICH SATELLITE NAVIGATION SUMMIT
Tuesday 16 March, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall took part in the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit, which is being held virtually on 16 and 17...
March 12, 2021
PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON VISITS TOULOUSE SPACE CENTRE
Friday 12 March, President Emmanuel Macron and the Minister for Armed Forces Florence Parly visited the Toulouse Space Centre, where they were...

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