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[Replay] Ariane 5 VA258 launch: mission accomplished!
The heavy European launcher Ariane 5 orbited the communications satellite...
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Ariane 5 VA260 launch: JUICE probe (04/14)
Flight VA260 planned on April 13, 2023 has been delayed due to weather...
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[Success] Ariane 5 VA260 launch: JUICE probe (04/14)
Flight VA260 planned on April 13, 2023 has been delayed due to weather...
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The water-ice cycle on the comet "Tchouri...
From data supplied by ESA's probe Rosetta about 67P/Tchourioumov-Guerassimenko comet, scientists bring the first observational proof of an existing daily cycle of water-ice...
News Sciences Specialist public, Science and technologyOctober 8, 2015 -
Galileo: Alba and Oriana in orbit!
During the night of 10-11 September, Soyuz successfully launched Alba and Oriana, the 9th and 10th satellites in the Galileo constellation, Europe’s future GPS. But did you know...
News Ariane, Telecommunications General public, InstitutionalSeptember 11, 2015 -
Bubbles and Filaments at the Heart of the Milky...
From the analysis of all available data collected by the satellite XMM-Newton in the range of the X-rays, an international team has established the most detailed map of the hot...
News Sciences Specialist public, Science and technologyAugust 19, 2015 -
Rosetta - Over a year with a comet
On 13 August, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko reaches perihelion, the closest point on its elliptical orbit to the Sun. The Rosetta spacecraft has been escorting it since 6 August...
News SciencesAugust 12, 2015 -
Philae and Rosetta communicate for 20 minutes
This confirmed link comes as excellent news in Philae’s evolving mission, which is hotting up as comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko approaches perihelion (its closest point to the Sun,...
News SciencesJuly 10, 2015 -
Rosetta mission extended 9 months
ESA has confirmed the extension of the Rosetta mission for 9 months until September 2016. The orbiter’s trajectory could also be altered to set it down on the surface of comet 67P...
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyJune 23, 2015 -
“We need Philae to learn more about the origins...
Francis Rocard, in charge of solar system exploration programmes at CNES, reacts to the news that contact has been regained with Philae.
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Press, Science and technologyJune 18, 2015 -
“I was the lucky one to see Philae wake up on my...
Philippe Gaudon, Rosetta mission project leader at CNES, tells us how he saw Philae wake up on his laptop screen on the evening of Saturday 13 June...
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyJune 16, 2015 -
Philae phones home
After 211 days of radio silence, a signal from Philae was received on Earth on Saturday 13 June at 22:28 CET. According to Stephan Ulamec, Philae Project Manager at the German...
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyJune 15, 2015 -
We’ve found Philae!
After months of searching, the teams at the LAM astrophysics laboratory in Marseilles and the SONC (Science Operations and Navigation Centre) in Toulouse, working with scientists...
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyJune 11, 2015 -
Successful launch for Ariane 5 on 27 May 2015 !
A new Ariane 5 ECA model orbited 2 telecommunications satellites on wednesday 27 May 2015 from the Guiana Space Centre: DirectTV-15 and SKY México-1. The launcher lifted off at 18...
News, Event, Video Ariane General public, Institutional, Youth, Specialist public, Politicians and decision makers, Teachers and educators, Companies, Press, Science and technologyMay 27, 2015 -
OSIRIS 11-cm-resolution pictures reveal comet in...
During its St Valentine’s Day flyby passing just 6 km from comet 67P’s nucleus, Rosetta’s OSIRIS-NAC narrow angle camera obtained an image with a pixel resolution of 11 cm showing...
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyMarch 3, 2015 -
ATV-5 undocks from the International Space Station
A love story that lasted more than 15 years came to an end a little after 14:30 CET Saturday 14 February, on St Valentine’s Day, when the ATV-5 Georges Lemaître undocked from the...
News Institutional affairs Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyFebruary 14, 2015 -
CNES and Google's Project Loon collaborate...
A fleet of balloons providing an Internet connection to rural, remote and underserved areas: that is the goal of Google’s ambitious Project Loon. CNES is supporting...
News Telecommunications InstitutionalDecember 11, 2014 -
Jean-Yves Le Gall: “In 2015, CNES will be making...
Monday 5 January, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall delivered his New Year wishes to members of the French and international press in the Salle de l’Espace at Paris Les Halles....
News Ariane, Observation, Sciences, Telecommunications, Defence, Institutional affairsDecember 11, 2014 -
Philae makes historic landing on comet 67P
Philae, the Rosetta mission’s lander, touched down on the nucleus of comet 67P on Wednesday 12 November at 15:34:54 UTC, 16:34:54 CET. The radio signal confirming this...
News Sciences InstitutionalNovember 12, 2014 -
Philae landing site named Agilkia
Thousands of you responded to ESA's call to find a name for Philae's landing site, initially designated ‘Site J'. It has now been named Agilkia. This name was among...
News Sciences InstitutionalNovember 4, 2014 -
Successful launch for Ariane 5 on 16 October 2014
Ariane 5 launcher orbited 2 telecommunications satellites from the European Space Port in French Guiana on 16 October 2014 : ARSAT-1 and Intelsat 30. Liftoff happened with a few...
News InstitutionalOctober 16, 2014
