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School children are celebrating in June at Semeccel’s two sites. After having worked all year on the project, “Imagine your middle school on Mars”, supported by mediators from the Cité de l’espace and doctoral students from l’Université Fédérale de Toulouse, 24 5th and 6th grade classes took part in the 13th Children’s Scientific Congress (ESERO […]

Toulouse Métropole has decided to relaunch the network of Aéropostale cities created under its initiative ten years ago. On Wednesday, May 18th, ten cities on the Line answered L’Envol des Pionniers’ call: Elche, Malaga, Casablanca, Tarfaya (Cap Juby), Saint Louis of Senegal, Natal, Santos, Santiago of Chile, Montevideo and Toulouse. All have committed to a […]

The Cité de l’espace and L’Envol des Pionniers, both of which have earned the Tourism & Disabilities label for accommodating auditive, mental, motor and visual disabilities, participated in the nationwide event, Tourism & Disabilities Days on Saturday, April 2nd and Sunday, April 3rd. Cité de l’espace visitors were able to take part in an event, […]

The success was there on April 9 and 10 for the first edition of Raconte-moi Montaudran, an unprecedented event around the history of Aéropostale organized by L’Envol des Pionniers and the Association des Amis de L’ Envol des Pionniers. Many events have taken place hroughout the weekend: exhibitions, conferences, films and round tables on the […]

From March 8th to 10th, the Cité de l’espace organized the second collaborative workshop provided for in its partnership agreement with the Cité des sciences de Tunis for renovation of the Tunisian establishment’s Universe Pavilion dedicated to astronomy and space exploration. The discussions which focused on scientific exhibition projects (setup, planning and implementation) are part […]

After two years of work, Martian Ground, located in the heart of the gardens of the Cité de l’espace, officially opens its doors to the public on April 5th. With 1.3 million euros invested, it is one of the largest immersive outdoor projects undertaken by Semeccel. The 900 m2 crater offers a venue as close […]

From February 24th to March 4th the Cité de l’espace hosted AsterX2022, a military space exercise organized within the scope of the French presidency of the European Union Council and overseen by the Space Command (CDE) of the French Air and Space Force (AAE). Over six days, some fifty participants addressed 16 scenarios simulating space […]

This exceptional project was officially launched on March 7th at L’Envol des Pionniers: the construction of a non-flying replica on a scale of 1 of an emblematic Aéropostale plane, the Laté 28, on the same site where it was built 100 years ago. Initiated by Toulouse Métropole, the project is managed by Semeccel-L’Envol des Pionniers […]