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CNES’s science and space exploration projects are helping us push the limits of our knowledge of the universe. Throughout the year, we invite you to discover the challenges that space poses and the solutions we are devising to meet them.
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Crew-12 mission: relive Sophie Adenot's departure and arrival on the ISS!
ESA’s French astronaut and her three fellow crew members lifted off on Friday 13 February at 11:15 CET for the International Space Station (ISS), where they docked on Saturday 14 February at 21:15.
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MMX mission: behind the scenes of Idefix® rover testing
With less than a year to go before the MMX mission departs, a prototype of the small rover has been going through tests in (almost) real conditions with the French and German design teams.
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Sophie Adenot's Epsilon Mission
Epsilon is the name given to French astronaut Sophie Adenot’s mission on the International Space Station (ISS). Sophie took off for space with the Crew-12 mission (NASA/SpaceX) on February 13, 2026. Read more about the challenges of her mission.
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CNESMAG 99: Space Science at the core
Issue 99 of our magazine focuses on the big questions about the universe. Discover how CNES and its ecosystem contribute to technological achievements on numerous missions, for science that is constantly evolving.
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Everything you need to know about the ISS
This laboratory in space offers astronauts and scientists from all nations an unparalleled Earth and astronomy observatory, and a platform for performing microgravity experiments and paving the way for future crewed exploration missions.
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Euclid, a satellite seeking to understand dark energy
This European mission aims to map an entire section of the Universe in order to understand how it is structured and why its expansion has been accelerating over the last 10 billion years. These phenomena involve dark energy and dark matter, whose mysteries Euclid is attempting to unravel.
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CADMOS: France’s flagship centre for microgravity research
The French space agency’s CADMOS centre prepares and monitors microgravity experiments for research teams and astronaut crews from all over the world.
