News and Events
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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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[Success] Ariane 5 VA260 launch: JUICE probe (04/...
Flight VA260 planned on April 13, 2023 has been delayed due to weather condition (risk of lightning) at the scheduled liftoff time from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The...
News Ariane, SciencesApril 14, 2023 -
Earthquakes in Turkey, first elements of...
Two large earthquakes of magnitude greater than 7 have struck Turkey and Syria causing significant destruction. The international scientific community is studying the geophysical...
News Observation cnesMarch 8, 2023 -
Turkey, first images of the earthquake by the...
The images acquired by the Pleiades satellites under the Charter show the extent of the damage and are used to produce documented maps that are very useful to rescue teams in...
News ObservationFebruary 13, 2023 -
[CNESMAG] France - USA : in space we trust
Our new issue is now available!
News Institutional affairsNovember 8, 2022 -
[Press] First fully integrated Ariane 6 on its...
Ariane 6 is now fully assembled, mated with its fairing and ready for electrical and fluid connections to the launch pad. The next step? The main stage will be fired on the launch...
News ArianeOctober 17, 2022 -
[Press] MICROSCOPE: final results achieve record...
The MICROSCOPE mission has delivered its latest results and has confirmed the equivalence principle with unprecedented accuracy. A new victory for the Theory of General Relativity...
News SciencesSeptember 14, 2022 -
[Press] Space cooperation for climate science -...
After more than a year in assembly, integration and testing at Thales Alenia Space’s facility in Cannes, France, for the French and U.S. space agencies CNES and NASA, the SWOT...
News ObservationSeptember 7, 2022 -
Annual report 2021
Our annual report 2022 is available !
News Institutional affairsAugust 25, 2022 -
[CNESMAG] SWOT:planet water
Our new issue is now available!
News ObservationAugust 2, 2022 -
[Replay] Ariane 5 VA257 launch on June 22, 2022
Ariane 5 orbited 2 telecommunications satellites MEASAT-3d and GSAT-24 on Wednesday June 22, 2022.
News Ariane General public, InstitutionalJune 23, 2022 -
[PRESS] Nicolas Hengy appointed CNES Chief...
Nicolas Hengy has been appointed Chief Financial Officer with a seat on CNES’s Executive Committee, effective 15 June 2022.
News Institutional affairsJune 16, 2022 -
New Gaia star catalogue reveals surprising...
The third Gaia catalogue—Data Release 3 (DR3)—eagerly awaited by the scientific community is here at last after its official release at 10:00 a.m. on 13 June.
News SciencesJune 13, 2022 -
[Press] France signs up to Artemis Accords for...
Tuesday 7 June, on the sidelines of celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of CNES at the French Ambassador’s residence in Washington D.C., the agency’s Chairman & CEO...
News SciencesJune 8, 2022 -
[Solar Orbiter] Sensational pictures of the Sun
ESA’s space probe recently had a first close encounter with the Sun, sending back unprecedented pictures of our star and giving mission teams the opportunity to make sure its 10...
News Sciences General public, Specialist public, Science and technologyMay 18, 2022 -
[CNESMAG] Galileo:a constellation of services
Our new issue is now available !
News TelecommunicationsMay 18, 2022 -
[#CNESat60] Two generations of CNES diplomats
They have occupied the same post 30 years apart. To mark CNES’s 60th anniversary, Bernard Luciani and Nicolas Maubert give us their take on what it means to be the agency’s...
News Institutional affairsMarch 2, 2022 -
[CNESMAG] Innovation:boosting French expertise
Our last issue is available online.
News Institutional affairs Specialist public, CompaniesFebruary 17, 2022 -
[PRESS] CNES IN 2022 60 YEARS SERVING FRENCH AND...
Under the banner of New Spaces, the OPC for 2022-2025 comes at a time when space is once again seeing increased competition and innovation in the fields of science and technology.
News Institutional affairs InstitutionalJanuary 12, 2022