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The International Space University ( ISU) is dedicated to the discovery, research, and development of outer space and its applications for peaceful purposes, through international and multidisciplinary education and research programs. ISU was founded in 1987 and is registered in France and in the US as a non profit organisation.
Cité de l'espace. / 43.5869611°N 1.49316389°E / 43.5869611; 1.49316389. The Cité de l'espace ( French for Space City) is a scientific discovery centre in France focused on spaceflight. It was opened in June 1997, and is located on the eastern outskirts of Toulouse. It was carried out on the initiative of the Town Hall of Toulouse ...
In 2015, the U.S. News & World Report rankings for the top ten undergraduate programs were: (1) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (2) Georgia Institute of Technology, (3) University of Michigan, (4) Purdue University, (5) California Institute of Technology, (6) Stanford University, (7) Princeton University, (8) University of Illinois at ...
CNES, 2 Place Maurice Quentin, 75039 Paris, France. The National Centre for Space Studies (CNES; French: Centre national d'études spatiales) is the French national space agency (administratively, a "public administration with industrial and commercial purpose") headquartered in central Paris and it comes under the supervision of the French Ministries of Defence and Research.
The French space program thus benefits from the best ground position for launch sites on Earth, as its position 5.3° north of the equator allows rockets to gain propulsion from the spinning of the Earth when launched eastward (+460 m/s) and save on propellant. No other governmental launch sites allow this level of physical parameters.
www.museeairespace.fr. The Musée de l'air et de l'espace (English: Air and Space Museum) is a French aerospace museum, located at the south-eastern edge of Paris–Le Bourget Airport, north of Paris, and in the commune of Le Bourget. [1] It was inaugurated in 1919 after a proposal by the celebrated aeronautics engineer Albert Caquot (1881–1976).
President Albert Lebrun created the École de l'air et de l'espace by Presidential decree in 1933. The school's first class began training November 4, 1935. The school's motto, Faire Face ("Overcoming") is a tribute to Capitaine Georges Guynemer, a World War I fighter ace. In 1937, the school moved into still-unfinished buildings in Salon ...
The Académie de l'air et de l'espace ( AAE) is the French national Air and Space Academy. Established in 1983 [1] in Toulouse on the initiative of André Turcat, the aims of the academy are the following: "To encourage the development of high quality scientific, technical, cultural and Human Actions in the realms of Air and Space, [2] promote ...