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Automatic comet PanSTARRS

Officially registered as C/2011 L4, this comet was identified by an automatic telescope tasked with detecting objects (comets or asteroids) that could possibly threaten to collide with the Earth.
Apollo 17: the last steps on the Moon

40 years ago, from 7 (blast-off) to 19 (return to Earth) December 1972, Apollo 17 was to be the ultimate human space flight mission to our natural satellite. Americans Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt are still, to this day, the last moonwalkers.
Mars by Curiosity

Since it arrived on the Red Planet on 6 August, the Curiosity rover has been sending us unique images of this world which is now desert, but was once very different.
André Kuipers and PromISSe

The European Space Agency’s Dutch astronaut, André Kuipers took many superb photographs whilst he was on board the International Space Station from December 2011 to July 2012.
Apollo 16, 40 years on

Apollo 16 marked the last but one human lunar mission in April 1972. Two Americans were to walk on our natural satellite for the fifth time.
Comet Lovejoy

It ought to have disappeared as it passed so close to the Sun; but it survived and deployed a magnificent comet’s tail that could be seen in the southern hemisphere and from the ISS.
Christmas on board the ISS

Astronauts up in space do not miss out on Christmas celebrations and even put up a few decorations.

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.
@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!
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.