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Space launch vehicle imagined on a Gobelins tapestry, ordered by Colbert and drawn by Le Brun, 1664.. Space travel has long been a significant ambition in French culture.From the Gobelins' 1664 tapestry representing a space rocket, [1] to Jules Verne's 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon and George Méliès' 1902 film A Trip to the Moon, space and rocketry were present in French society long ...
CNES (French: Centre national d'études spatiales, lit. 'National Centre for Space Studies') is the French national space agency.Headquartered in central Paris, the agency comes under the supervision of the ministries of the Armed Forces, Economy and Finance and Higher Education, Research and Innovation.
The French Space Command (French: Commandement de l'Espace, CdE) is a formation of the French Air and Space Force, which deals with space issues. It supersedes the ...
Félicette (French pronunciation:) was a stray Parisian cat that became the first feline launched into space on 18 October 1963 as part of the French space program. She was one of 14 female cats trained for spaceflight. The cats had electrodes implanted into their skulls to monitor their neurological activity throughout the flight. During the ...
Arianespace SA is a French company founded in March 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider.It operates two launch vehicles: Vega C, a small-lift rocket, and Ariane 6, a medium-to-heavy-lift rocket.
Pages in category "Space program of France" ... French space program; A. Georges Abrial; Académie de l'air et de l'espace; Caroline Aigle; Émile Allegret; Félix Amiot;
Numerous high-profile French and European aerospace programs have passed through the ONERA since its creation including the Ariane family of launch vehicles, the Concorde supersonic airliner, the Dassault Mirage family of fighter aircraft and the Rafale, the Dassault Falcon family of business jets, Aérospatiale and later Airbus projects ...
The satellite was originally designated A-1, as the French Army's first satellite, but later renamed by the press after popular French comics character Astérix. [4] [3] The names Zébulon and Zebby, after another cartoon character from the French children's television program Le Manège enchanté, were also considered. [3] [2]