News and Events
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Perseverance celebrates first birthday and fires...
SciencesFebruary 18, 2022 -
The Themis launch pad, concretely speaking
Welcome to the heart of the most exciting space investigation of recent years: what is the ideal concrete for building the launch pad for the Themis reusable demonstrator?
News ArianeJanuary 13, 2022 -
ANGELS success , France’s first commercial...
ANGELS, France’s first commercial nanosatellite designed by Hemeria in collaboration with CNES, has completed two years in orbit, marking the end of the initial contract between...
Other fieldDecember 21, 2021 -
STRATEOLE-2 BALLOON FLIGHT CAMPAIGN GETS UNDERWAY...
ObservationOctober 27, 2021 -
ELA-4 LAUNCH COMPLEX INAUGURATED AT GUIANA SPACE...
ArianeSeptember 28, 2021 -
ALPHA MISSION : PROGRESS REVIEW OF CNES...
The docking of the NG-16 resupply spacecraft with the ISS in August marked the arrival in orbit of the latest French experiments designed by CNES as part of the Alpha mission....
ProximaSeptember 22, 2021 -
First deep drilling success for ExoMars
ESA’s Rosalind Franklin twin rover on Earth has drilled down and extracted samples 1.7 metres into the ground – much deeper than any other martian rover has ever attempted.
News SciencesSeptember 15, 2021 -
Combined tests start for Ariane 6 at Europe’s...
Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is performing the first combined test in preparation for the inaugural flight of Ariane 6, Europe’s new generation launch vehicle.
News ArianeSeptember 15, 2021 -
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects Puzzle Pieces...
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover successfully collected its first pair of rock samples. After collecting its first sample, named “Montdenier,” Sept. 6, the team collected a second...
News SciencesSeptember 10, 2021 -
Perseverance Rover Collects First Mars Rock Sample
NASA’s Perseverance rover today completed the collection of the first sample of Martian rock, a core from Jezero Crater slightly thicker than a pencil. A historical first!
News SciencesSeptember 7, 2021 -
ESA Council agrees resolution on Ariane 6 and...
ESA Member States have agreed upon the boundary conditions for Europe’s upcoming exploitation of Ariane 6 and Vega-C and request ESA to propose a roadmap for new and innovative...
News ArianeSeptember 3, 2021 -
EARTHQUAKE AND TROPICAL STORM IN HAITI - CNES...
ObservationAugust 19, 2021 -
19TH VEGA MISSION TO ORBIT PLEIADES NEO 4...
ArianeAugust 12, 2021 -
During Close Pass, Solar Orbiter Captures Venus’...
On Aug. 9, 2021, ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft passed within 4,967 miles (7,995 kilometers) of the surface of planet Venus. In the days leading up to the approach, the Solar...
News SciencesAugust 12, 2021 -
BepiColombo’s close Venus encounter
A stunning sequence of 89 images taken by the monitoring cameras on board the European-Japanese BepiColombo mission to Mercury, as the spacecraft made a close approach of Venus on...
News SciencesAugust 12, 2021 -
NASA Spacecraft Provides Insight into Asteroid...
In a study released Wednesday, NASA researchers used precision-tracking data from OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to better understand movements of the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu...
News SciencesAugust 11, 2021 -
BepiColombo skims past Venus
The joint European-Japanese BepiColombo mission captured this view of Venus on 10 August 2021 as the spacecraft passed the planet for a gravity assist manoeuvre.
News SciencesAugust 10, 2021 -
Gearing up for third Sentinel-2 satellite
With the first Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite in orbit since 2015 and the second since 2017, engineers are busy preparing the mission’s follow-on pair to eventually pick up the...
News ObservationAugust 9, 2021