From 4 to 10 August 2018, the French world of astronomy will meet in Fleurance (Gers) for a festival that promises many surprises! UnivEarthS will be present through Lucile Fayon, UnivEarthS doctoral student and IPGP research engineer; member of the UniversCiel association, she will present an exhibition on the SEIS instrument of the Insight mission. Fifty speakers, more than 150 […]
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NASA has achieved a first for the class of tiny spacecraft known as CubeSats, which are opening new access to space. Over the past week, two CubeSats called MarCO-A and MarCO-B have been firing their propulsion systems to guide themselves toward Mars. This process, called a trajectory correction maneuver, allows a spacecraft to refine its path to Mars following […]
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The 8th edition of “Physics Meetings, from the Infinitely Large to the Very Small” – Chien-Shiung Wu Promotion – will take place from July 16 to 27, with a day at the APC on Thursday, July 26th. http://indico.in2p3.fr//event/rencontres-physique-infinis Its objective is to transmit to students of physics at level L3 or equivalent, our knowledge and our experience around research topics […]
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Tartu, Estonia, 6 – 11 August 2018 The use of micro- and nanosatellites in space missions have been one of the hot topics in space research and space technology during the last years. As opposed to traditional spacecraft missions which can take decades to prepare and may cost up to billions of Euros, microsatellites (<100 kg) and nanosatellites (<10 […]
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Saturday, March 17, 2018, was held the first graduation ceremony of the University Paris Diderot. “It is in a very warm atmosphere, despite the cold and the rain, that 39 students of the UFR STEP and the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, holders of our Professional License and our different Masters, had answered present on the call. […]
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