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The Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), Josef Aschbacher, was welcomed to the Cité de l’espace on Thursday, November 23, by Jean-Claude Dardelet, president of Semeccel, Jean Baptiste Desbois, its General Director, and Christophe Chaffardon, Director of Education, Science, and Culture, for a visit to the site, which ESA has historically supported. The […]

With two actions, one at an elementary school and the other at the city’s media library, on November 15th, L’Envol des Pionniers kicked off the actions proposed by the Semeccel within the framework of the metropolitan action program run by the Department of scientific, technical and industrial culture (DCSTI) of the Toulouse Métropole. In all […]

A historic partner of the Semeccel, the MGEN extended its engagement with the Cité de l’espace and L’Envol des Pionniers another three years. An interview with Mathias Savignac, President of the MGEN. How was born this partnership? We encourage our militants in the field to identify meaningful projects and initiatives which have a genuine impact, […]

On November 13, 2023 the Cité de l’espace celebrated the official inauguration of its latest gem: the LuneXplorer, which opened its doors to the public on November 14th. Over 300 guests, partners, professionals and space enthusiasts, elected officials and local residents were on site to discover and test the facility which invites everyone to immerse […]

On November 6th at the Cité de l’espace, Club Galaxie organized the 15th edition of its Prix Galaxie which every year awards prizes to companies in the Occitanie Region, recent ones or just getting started, who are promoting innovations, technologies, products, services and applications from the space industry and/or using data from the space sector. […]

After COMAT and KINEIS, the Cité de l’espace is very pleased to welcome among its partners another local Neswspace actor: HEMERIA! 3 questions for Nicolas Multan, CEO of HEMERIA What is the activity of HEMERIA? A major, renowned player in the space industry, and a long-time partner to the CNES and prime contractors, HEMERIA designs, […]

L’Envol des Pionniers hosted several Aéropostale-related events on September 29th and 30th. The weekend began with briefing of participants in the Toulouse Saint-Louis of Senegal Rally which follows in the footsteps of Aéropostale pioneers, then continued with a celebration of the 40 year anniversary of this incredible human adventure during the annual Latécoère Foundation evening. […]

On Saturday, September 9th, on the occasion of the Rugby World Cup, Masaki Fujimoto, Deputy Director and scientist at the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA), Kate Kitagawa, JAXA Head of Education and Chiharu Hoshino, representative of the JAXA in Paris, unveiled at the Cité de l’espace samples of the Ruygu asteroid, brought back in 2020 by […]