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Hurricane Matthew: The Charter activated in 5...
Friday October 7th, an extremely destructive and long-lived hurricane made his landfall over the United States coasts. The climatic monster wrought widespread destruction and...
News Observation General public, InstitutionalOctober 7, 2016 -
[REPLAY] ARIANE 5 LAUNCH ON OCTOBER 05 2016
Wednesday October the 5th, Ariane 5 completed a flawless launch from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre, orbiting two telecommunications satellites, Sky Muster TM II...
News ArianeSeptember 30, 2016 -
ExoMars 2016: Perfecting the Trajectory!
On 19 October, the landing demonstrator known as ExoMars Schiaparelli will touch down on Mars after detaching itself from the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). Its job is to validate new...
News Observation General publicSeptember 2, 2016 -
Charter reaches 500th activation as it swings...
The International Charter on Space and Major Disasters was recently activated to come to the aid of victims of the terrible floods in Bangladesh. This is the 500th time the...
News ObservationAugust 4, 2016 -
Rosetta severs link with Philae
The Electrical Support System (ESS) through which the Rosetta orbiter has been listening out for Philae will be turned off Wednesday 27 July at 11 a.m. CEST. The remaining supply...
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyJuly 27, 2016 -
CNESMAG 69 - Mars, the New Frontier
Drawing on the in-depth knowledge of Mars gleaned from the exceptional Mars Express, Curiosity, MAVEN, ExoMars, InSight and Mars 2020 missions, France, CNES and our scientific...
News, Book SciencesJuly 19, 2016 -
Ariane 5 launch on 17 June 2016
The heavy launcher orbited two Communications Satellites: BRIsat and Echostar XVIII from French Guiana.
News, Event Ariane General public, InstitutionalJune 16, 2016 -
Toulouse Space Show: 2000 visitors expected
The 5th Toulouse Space Show will be held from 28 to 30 June 2016 at the Pierre Baudis Congress Centre in Toulouse, France.
News, Event Institutional affairs General public, InstitutionalJune 14, 2016 -
World’s space agencies unite to face the climate...
For the first time, under the impetus of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the French Space Agency (CNES), space agencies of more than 60 countries agreed to...
News Institutional affairs InstitutionalJune 3, 2016 -
CNES and DLR renew their framework agreement for...
At the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA), which takes places from Wednesday the 1st to Thursday the 4th, june 2016, in Berlin, Jean-Yves Le Gall, President of CNES, the...
News Institutional affairs InstitutionalJune 2, 2016 -
CNES’s Launch Vehicles Directorate (DLA) :...
Wednesday 1 June, the Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research, visited CNES’s Launch Vehicles Directorate (DLA) for a presentation of the Ariane 6 and Vega-C...
News Ariane InstitutionalJune 1, 2016 -
SNCF and CNES innovate with ‘Rail and Space’
French national railway operator SNCF and CNES are going to work together to devise innovative rail solutions geared to the digital era through a new Rail and Space Coordination...
News Institutional affairs InstitutionalMay 27, 2016 -
CNESMAG 68 - Cooperation, a global ambition
A number of international events this year—among them the ILA Berlin Air Show in early June and the Toulouse Space Show in late June, where India will be the guest of honour—will...
News Institutional affairs InstitutionalMay 25, 2016 -
NFI new industrial policy on view at the Elysée...
Monday 23 May at the Elysée Palace in Paris, France’s space team of government representatives, industry contractors, operators and CNES marked the anniversary of France’s NFI new...
News Institutional affairs InstitutionalMay 24, 2016 -
Key compound of the origin of life formed in...
Researchers have shown for the first time that ribose, a sugar that is one of the building blocks of genetic material in living organisms, may have formed in cometary ices.
News SciencesApril 8, 2016 -
NASA Targets May 2018 Launch of Mars InSight...
NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission to study the deep interior of Mars is targeting a new launch window that...
News SciencesMarch 9, 2016 -
22 February 1986 - SPOT 1 takes to the skies!
22 February 1986. It was a long night for those who stayed up to watch the launch. At 2:44 a.m. Central European Time (CET), Ariane roared off the pad in Kourou on its 16th flight...
News Observation, Institutional affairs General public, InstitutionalFebruary 22, 2016 -
Jason-3 reaches operational orbit
The Jason-3 satellite reached its final working orbit on 12 February.
News Sciences InstitutionalFebruary 16, 2016
