Table ronde : Pierre Mendès France et mai 68

Frank Robert, Kiejman Georges, Maire Edmond, Rocard Michel, Kahn Marcel-Francis, Delors Jacques. Table ronde : Pierre Mendès France et mai 68. In: Matériaux pour l'histoire de notre temps, n°63-64, 2001. Pierre Mendès France et la Modernité - Actes du colloque - Assemblée nationale - 15 juin 2001, sous la direction de Robert Frank. pp. 161-179

French participation in the Soviet Phobos mission

International audienceThe soviet mission to Phobos and Mars was launched in July 88. It carries some thirty experiments on board, designed on a broad international basis, devoted to studying the planet Mars and its viscinity, its natural satellite Phobos, the Sun and the Interplanetary Medium. France, through its laboratories participating in a number of experiments and the CNES Space Center at Toulouse in the Phobos spacecraft navigation operations, is the main partner of the Soviet Union in the Phobos mission. Different experiments on the spacecraft are discribed (ISM, AUGUSTE, IPHIR, PWS, LILAS and APEX, the active DION and LIMA-D experiments) as well as the French participation in the long-term automated lander: DAS (cameras, STENOPEE). The first scientific results are presented. The CNES contribution to the international cooperation for Phobos navigation are also described (methods and results)

Neandertal, notre cousin

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Development of observation strategies from mission design to operations: illustration with Mars moons Explorer infrared spectrometer (MIRS)

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MIRS: an imaging spectrometer for the MMX mission

International audienceThe MMX infrared spectrometer (MIRS) is an imaging spectrometer onboard MMX JAXA mission. MMX (Martian Moon eXploration) is scheduled to be launched in 2024 with sample return to Earth in 2029. MIRS is built at LESIA-Paris Observatory in collaboration with four other French laboratories, collaboration and financial support of CNES and close collaboration with JAXA and MELCO. The instrument is designed to fully accomplish MMX's scientific and measurement objectives. MIRS will remotely provide near-infrared spectral maps of Phobos and Deimos containing compositional diagnostic spectral features that will be used to analyze the surface composition and to support the sampling site selection. MIRS will also study Mars atmosphere, in particular spatial and temporal changes such as clouds, dust and water vapor