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On Wednesday, July 26th, Jean-Claude Dardelet, President of the Cité de l’espace and Vice-President of Toulouse Métropole and Jean Baptiste Desbois, CEO of the Cité de l’espace hosted the 8 millionth visitor to the Cité de l’espace. This is a new symbolically important milestone for the venue which celebrated its 7th million visitor in 2021 […]

Professionals from all over the world will gather from June 24th to 28th at the Cité de l’espace to exchange ideas and focus on mediation and communication in astronomy! The International Astronomical Union (UAI) has selected the Cité de l’espace for the organization of CAP2024 (Communicating Astronomy with the Public). This conference which takes place […]

On June 29th, nearly 50 pupils who have been involved since 2022 in producing the life sized non-flying reconstitution of the legendary Laté28 were on-site at L’Envol des Pionniers to present the progress in their work over the last months. They presented several finalized éléments : the structural design details required for assembly of the […]

The three year agreement linking ESERO, the educational office of the European Space Agency, to the CNES for coordination of the ESERO office in France has been renewed for another three years. The Cité de l’espace is proud to be with Planète Sciences and La main à la pâte, one of the CNES’s three partners […]

Committed to meeting the needs of all of its visitors, L’Envol des Pionniers launched a brand new workshop this spring especially (but not exclusively) designed for local visitors looking for family-oriented activities to do on Wednesday afternoons, weekends and during the school holidays. This is a family-focused, local, educational offering which enriches programs provided by […]

In May, Europe was honoured at both Semeccel sites in celebration of Europe Week organized on May 9th to 31st by Toulouse Métropole. On May 11th, the Cité de l’espace hosted « a citizen dialogue” organized by the European Commission Delegation in France in cooperation with Toulouse Métropole and La Maison de l’Europe-Europe Direct Toulouse […]

On May 17th, L’Envol des Pionniers had the great pleasure of hosting the kick-off of the second Toulouse Tarfaya-Cap Juby air rally created to honour the memory of The Line pioneers. Organized from May 18th-27th by the association, Air Aventures, this year’s rally had special significance as it is eighty years since the first publication […]

On April 11th L’Envol des Pionniers inaugurated the exact reconstitution, on its original location, of the office of Didier Daurat, the emblematic operations manager of Lignes aériennes Latécoère and then the Aéropostale company. “Didier Daurat, the inspiring and little known figure of history was a genuine “boss”, recalled Jean- Claude Dardelet, Vice President of Toulouse […]