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A new Cité de l'Espace
The space adventure park in Toulouse has completely redesigned and renewed its permanent exhibitions. The result is an interactive immersion into man's enthusiasm for the stars.
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@explorezmars: Curiosity live!
On Monday 6 August the Mars rover Curiosity should land on the red planet. From today Enjoy Space and Cité de l’Espace are offering you the chance to follow this event on Twitter, and then by video, direct from the NASA JPL in California!
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Soyuz in Guiana
This is the mythical rocket par excellence, the one that launched Sputnik, the first satellite and Gagarin, the first man in space. The CSG, Guiana Space Centre, is now one of its launch bases: a historic achievement.
Manned spaceflights statistics
Manned Spaceflight
| Manned Launches*: | 290 |
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| Total astronauts sent: | 1197 |
| Individual astronauts: | 531 |
* STS-51L included - Mercury 3 and 4, Soyuz 18 excluded
Cumulative time* in hours
* total stopped as of the Soyouz TMA-07M landing (14 May 2013)
| All nationalities: | 1017607 h |
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| Russia: | 562345 h |
| United States: | 374579 h |
| China: | 1368 h |
| Other countries: | 79315 h |
Total kept by Daniel Tromeur of the French Cap Espace association
On orbit: Expédition 36
International Space Station
Expedition 36 (Commander: Pavel Vinogradov)
