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Press Pack 2019: MOON YEAR
ALL 2019:
Moon Space News
The Chinese Change-4 mission on the dark side of Chandrayaan 2: Indian Mission to the Moon
the Moon (landing carried out in January 2019) (landing scheduled for 2019)
On 3 January, the Chinese Chang’e-4 probe An Indian Space Agency (ISRO) Moon Probe. It
completed the first landing on the dark side of our includes an orbiter (which will orbit around the
natural satellite. CNSA (the Chinese space agency) Moon) and a lander named Vikram in tribute to
confirmed in early April that the Yutu-2 rover and Vikram Sarabhai, one of the founders of the Indian
the lander survived their first Moon night. space programme. The lander is carrying a small
www.cite-espace.com/actualites-spatiales/%20 rover equipped with scientific instruments. The
change4-panorama-lune-2019/ Earth-Moon journey should take around 40 days.
This very ambitious mission for ISRO will mark the
The European Space Agency (ESA) intends to first Moon landing by India, although the country
contribute scientifically and technologically to previously «touched»
renewed Moon exploration. the Moon with Chandrayaan-1 in 2008.
It will present several projects to this end at the
meeting of the Ministers of its Member States in late SpaceIL: A Private Operator Bound for the Moon
2019. The Israeli initiative is the first privately funded
Moon mission with a small 585 kg lander named
France and China on the Moon in 2023-2024. Beresheet. The landing failed very close to its target
CNES has reached an agreement to have French on Thursday 11 April 2019. Despite this failure,
experiments incorporated into the Chinese Moon Beresheet is the closest any private craft has come
lander Chang’e-6. to the Moon.
www.cite-espace.com/actualites-spatiales/chine- www.spaceil.com
france-lune-2019/ www.cite-espace.com/actualites-spatiales/
beresheet-2019/
A Space Station around the Moon
(known as LOP-G) built thanks to the cooperation of Chang’e-5: Mission to Bring Back Moon Samples
several agencies. The European Space Agency (ESA) (scheduled for late 2019).
is considering participating with Canada, Japan The Chinese Space Agency CNSA intends to take
and Russia on this NASA initiative, particularly by Moon soil samples to bring back to Earth completely
providing some modules which are currently being automatically. A good deal heavier at take-off than
researched by manufacturers Airbus Defence and Chang’e-4, Chang’e-5 requires a more powerful
Space and Thales Alenia Space. launcher, the CZ-5. After a failure in July 2017, it
www.cite-espace.com/actualites-spatiales/lune- has to successfully return to flying this summer
retour-gateway/ (possibly delayed) to qualify for Chang’e-5.
ESA is going to Equip its Astronauts Centre (EAC,
Cologne) with a Moon Training Facility
The European Space Agency (ESA) has been regularly
conducting training and testing related to Moon
missions for several years.
To follow these space stories check
www.cite-espace.com/actualites-spatiales/ the Moon File which is continually
marches-lunaires-esa/
www.esa.int/About_Us/EAC/Luna_facility_brings_
updated: www.cite-espace.com/
Moon_to_Earth dossiers/2019-annee-lune.
And on twitter @CiteEspace
CONTENTS
P. 4 2019: MOON YEAR AT A GLANCE!
A Rich Programme for a Special Year
1. EXHIBITION «MOON EPISODE II.»
P. 6 Experiments to Head off to Explore the Moon and Find Out
About Current Projects.
• The Challenges of the Apollo Missions.
• «MOON EPISODE II»: Mankind’s Return to the Moon
• Entertaining Rendezvous to Carry Out Lunar Experiments
with your Team: the Rendezvous Moon Events.
P. 10 2. ABOUT THE «MOON EPISODE II»EXHIBITION.
• Moon Party on Sunday 21 July: An Exceptional Anniversary
Event.
• A Life-Size Apollo Lunar Module.
• New Imax® Film, «Apollo 11, First Steps Edition.»
3. CONTINUE THE LUNAR DISCOVERIES THROUGH THE
P. 12 PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS.
P. 14 4. A RICH AND ECLECTIC PROGRAMME.
P. 16 CONTACTS.
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2019:
MOON YEAR AT A A PARTICULARLY
GLANCE!
RICH SPACE NEWS
ITEM
A RICH PROGRAMME FOR A SPECIAL YEAR. Cité de In 2019 our natural satellite
l’espace Proposes Discovering the Moon, Re-Living Past is again the focus of the
news with several ongoing
Exploits and Taking on the Current Challenges of a Return and forthcoming Moon
to our Natural Satellite. missions, featuring, along
with the United States, new
In 2019, Cité de l’espace celebrates the 50th anniversary of Mankind’s stakeholders such as China,
India, Israel and Europe. Cité
first steps on the Moon and demonstrates the vitality of current Moon de l’espace will reflect this
research with several space events to experience this year and will raise Moon space news with the
public awareness about the forthcoming return to the Moon. Chinese Chang’e-4 and 5,
the Israeli Beresheet,
Cité de l’espace is opening a grand temporary exhibition. the Indian Chandrayaan 2
missions and the forthcoming
«Moon, Episode II,» and has organised a wide programme of events about European and American
our natural satellite. projects.
«MOON, EPISODE II»:
AN ORIGINAL NEW EXHIBITION FROM
SATURDAY 20 APRIL 2019
50 years after first setting foot on the Moon, on 21 July 1969,
plans for Mankind’s return to the famous celestial body are taking
shape. With its exhibition «MOON, EPISODE II,» Cité de l’espace
invites you to prepare for these new challenges. All aboard for a
Moon voyage made in Cité de l’espace.
Relive the exploit of Apollo 11 and the first steps of Neil Armstrong
and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon thanks to a retrospective which
reveals the key moments of this world event and the incredible
challenges solved by NASA’s teams 50 years ago.
The core of the exhibition raises public awareness about the Moon
environment, this celestial body which is at once so beautiful
and so hostile, and the current challenges to be met to enable
sustainable human settlement. Sensory experiences and surprising
challenges are on the agenda.
Exceptional:
FROM 21 JULY 2019, A LIFE-SIZE APOLLO
LM (LUNAR MODULE) WILL BE ON DISPLAY
IN CITÉ DE L’ESPACE GARDENS.
Sunday 21 July 2019:
MOON PARTY: A 50TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT
FOR MANKIND’S FIRST STEPS ON THE MOON
AND A PRESENTATION, THROUGH A PLATFORM
OF GUESTS, OF THE FUTURE OF MOON
EXPLORATION.
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The New IMAX® Film, AT CITE DE
«Apollo 11, First L’ESPACE, FROM
Steps Edition.» JUNE 2019
This film takes a fresh look at
the famous Apollo 11 mission
using unpublished archive
images to see for the first time
on the giant screen. Director Friday 7 June
Todd Miller shares this 10th Children’s Scientific Congress «Your School on
incredible scientific and human the Moon.»
epic with the public, delivering
the atmosphere of the final
preparations for take-off, of Friday 12 and Saturday 13 July from 6:30 to midnight
mankind’s first steps on the Moon Observation «On the Moon Again»
Moon and the return from this Place du Capitole and Observatoire de Jolimont in
famous mission. This immersive
experience offers a new look Toulouse.
at one of mankind’s greatest
achievements: Man on the Friday 2 August 2019 from 7 p.m. to Midnight
Moon. From June 2019.
The Night of the Stars, Moon Special.
From Stone to Star!
Further Information:
A RICH AND VARIED See the Programme
PROGRAMME OF Pages 14 and 15
ENCOUNTERS, FILMS,
CONFERENCES, MEETINGS
AND EVENTS ON THE THEME
OF THE MOON
Throughout the year, Cité de l’espace
offers an original eclectic programme
to enable everyone to see the
Moon in a new light, with many
partners: CNES, OMP, IRAP, ESA,
Association des Amis de la Cité
de l’espace, Académie de l’air
et de l’espace, Cinémathèque de
Toulouse etc. Main events below
and complete schedule can be
found at www.cite-espace.com.
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THE EXHIBITION
«MOON, EPISODE II»:
EXPERIMENTS TO HEAD OFF TO
EXPLORE THE MOON AND FIND OUT
ABOUT CURRENT PROJECTS.
From 20 April 2019 to the end of
2020, Cité de l’espace presents the
exhibition «Moon, Episode II,» an
immersive journey to explore our
natural satellite. The objective:
enabling the public to re-live the
past achievements of the Apollo
missions and, above all, better
understand the current challenges
of returning to the Moon.
Presented on the occasion of the 50th
Anniversary Year of Mankind’s first steps
on the Moon, on 21 July 1969, this exhibition
is introduced by the story of the incredible
exploit of Apollo missions and the incredible
challenges met by NASA’s teams.
The core of the «Moon, EPISODE II» exhibition
introduces the public to the current and
future issues of returning to the Moon, this
time not for a Moon mission but for a gradual
settlement. The exhibition familiarises the
public with the Moon environment and the
challenges to be met to enable sustainable
human settlement. The public is
sensitised to this celestial body, at
once so beautiful and so hostile, With this new iconic exhibition, Cité de
via an immersive, sensory, l’espace gets the public all aboard, all the way
surprising trail, studded to the Moon.
with experiments.
Ready? Through a trail, punctuated by sensory
experiences, Cité de l’espace promises a vivid
and active introduction for any audience of
past achievements and challenges to come. The
gamble is ambitious: 50 years after Apollo 11’s
exploit, are we ready to meet the challenge
of imagining Mankind’s return to our natural
satellite?
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THE CHALLENGES OF THE
APOLLO MISSIONS.
Who were these Men and Women
Possessed by Conquering the
Moon? What was their Gamble,
their Programme? What was their
Balance Sheet? These are the
Questions Answered by the First
Stage of the Exhibition.
Cité de l’espace offers, in a few stages
and key items of information, the chance
to relive this world-wide event. Between
anecdotes and memories, the trail reveals
the highlights of the event, which was
watched by the entire world.
This contextualisation invites the public
to explore the six Apollo missions NASA
initiated between 1969 and 1972. A total
of 12 astronauts are highlighted for their
scientific and human qualities.
What would this crazy bet have been Apollo Mission Presentation © Manuel Huynh
without the involvement of ambitious
engineers and scientists? 50 years ago, with the technical
means of the time and a Cold War political context, everything
had to be invented. While the great Soviet advances opened
the road to the unimaginable, it was the general mobilisation
of Andy entire nation and President Kennedy’s confidence in The Apollo Missions
innovation that enabled the Americans to walk on the Moon
for the first time. presentation allows the
How long have we spent on the Moon? What were the
distances travelled, the samples brought back? public to re-play the
What did we leave there? Visitors walk around, familiarising
key scenes of the Apollo
themselves with this great adventure, particularly through
the life-size Apollo 11 Lunar Module cockpit (photo below),
missions and understand the
photos of the time, etc. issues of these missions.
As part of its exhibition, Cité
de l’espace has a life-size
replica of the controls of the
Apollo 11 Lunar Module.
It was at the controls of this craft that Neil Armstrong (on the left) and
Buzz Aldrin (on the right) landed on the Moon on 20 July 1969, completing
a historic exploit. Limitations of space and visibility meant that the two
Cockpit of Cité de l’espace Apollo LM, astronauts flew standing up! The triangular-shaped windows are tilted
photo © Arnaud CARON to make it easier to see the Moon’s surface during the final approach
phase. This careful life-size reconstruction shows visitors the core of
the only vessel to date which carried humans to another world apart
from Earth.
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«MOON, EPISODE II»:
MANKIND’S RETURN TO THE MOON.
Return to the Moon? What a Captivating Idea.
And What If the Process is Already Ongoing?
In more than 600 M2 of a set and panorama of the lunar environment
where various futuristic «made in Cité de l’espace» living quarters
have sprung up, visitors follow an intuitive trail to explore the
challenges to be met to live and survive on the Moon. Visitors are
invited to cross the Moon’s surface and familiarise themselves with
the features and constraints of this hostile world. They are also
invited to visit the suggestions of Moon living quarters and vehicles
to imagine what an astronaut’s daily life might look like on the Moon.
Living and Surviving on a
Daily Basis
Visitors project themselves here into daily life
on the Moon, through practical and familiar
experiences and interactions: How to communicate
with Earth? What would food on the Moon be?
Does the Moon’s low gravity have implications for
our daily actions? How would our lives change?
So many questions and discoveries to better
understand how women and men could adapt to the
particularities of the Moon’s environment. Astronaut Eugene Cernan
Apollo Mission 17 © NASA
Go Even Further?
Use Local Resources In a room for an all-new show, visitors meet a key
witness of the Apollo epic: astronaut and Moon
On board a Moon Rover, visitors then travel to walker, Charlie Duke (Apollo 16). He is the tenth
a scientific research site to meet astronauts man to have walked on the surface of the Moon. He
working closely with robots. They can then go shares some memories of this unique moment with
inside a living space and find that features of visitors and passes on a strong motivating message
the Moon’s environment could be used to help to younger generations: we have to go back there!
set up a base on the Moon. The public can find
out how to build protected accommodation
thanks to Moon dust, known as regolith.
How can we have constant energy, thanks to
permanently sunlit areas located at the lunar
poles?
Charlie Duke, Apollo
16 Mission astronaut,
© NASA
Charlie Duke
Shares the
Memories of a
Moon Walker with
You.
Rover ©Olivier Gabriel legrais Ki studios
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ENTERTAINING RENDEZVOUS TO CARRY OUT
LUNAR EXPERIMENTS WITH YOUR TEAM: the
«Rendezvous Moon» Events.
At the heart of the «Moon Episode II» exhibition, two 25-minute
events are offered every day. They are participatory laboratories,
to experience with friends or family, from 7 years of age. They bring
together 8 teams of 5 people, or 40 people in total per session,
who simultaneously carry out experiments to understand the main
features of the Earth’s natural satellite and the essential conditions
and limitations of a stay on the Moon. The «Vacuum of Space»
and «Apollo Missions» presentations complement this thematic
experiential Moon feature by offering an opportunity to discover the
effects of the vacuum of space and to relive Moon anecdotes and
understand the lightness of Moonwalking.
2 «Rendezvous Moon»
Presentations Animation « Rendez-vous Lune » : expériences lunaires pour tous
Try Out the Original Features of a Stay on
the Moon with your Team: in a Moon Living
Space or outside, by night and day.
This presentation offers visitors the chance to prepare for a stay
on the Moon. Each team can then try out and compare what is Make Simple Tools to Solve
identical and what is different between Earth and the Moon:
the weight of objects, the speed at which they fall to the ground,
Some Astronomical Puzzles
the surrounding landscape, which equipment is essential or about the Moon/ Earth/ the
unnecessary for walking and working outside the living space. Sun
An original way to rediscover the stories of the Apollo missions,
understand in a fun way and explore the special features of this This rendezvous offers visitors the
other world: the Moon. Teams will experience many sensory opportunity, by working with daily
experiences: kit themselves out to leave the living space, find out objects, to conduct Earth/Moon
about the colour of the sky and the surface on the Moon, pick up experiments and an introduction to lunar
a Moon rock like an Apollo astronaut ... A world of differences to geometry. Each team can easily solve
feel on a celestial body so close to us. some astronomical puzzles: diameter of
the Earth compared to that of the Moon,
distance between Earth and the Moon,
draw their trajectories around the Sun
etc… An unexpected way of travelling
PARTNERS OF to the Moon, learning while having fun
and changing your point of view about
THE «MOON, EPISODE II» EXHIBITION the Moon. Everyone experiments and
has an introduction to the Earth/Moon/
Sun relationships and understands by
An exhibition produced with the support of: experience the phenomenon of eclipses
and discovers how to measure the
• ESA, CNES, OMP, IRAP distance between Earth and Moon ...
And in partnership with
• ESSP, ENEDIS, ARIANEGROUP
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About the
«MOON EPISODE II»
Exhibition:
MOON PARTY :
on 21 July 2019 - An exceptional
anniversary event.
Sunday 21 July 2019: from
1.30 p.m. to midnight
Moon Party, a 50th
anniversary event for
Mankind’s first Steps on the
Moon to Relive the Great
Moments of the Apollo 11
Mission and Project into the
Future.
On 21 July 1969, Neil Armstrong set foot on the
surface of the Moon and marked the history of
Mankind and space exploration forever.
50 years later, to celebrate this historic moment,
Cité de l’espace has organised Moon Party, an event
to relive the Apollo missions and to face the future.
What is the future of space exploration in the 21st
century? Will Mankind return to the Moon before Presented by Cité de l’espace, a panel of guests,
the end of the century? What are the new issues of personalities from all walks of life (scientific,
the «conquest» of space? artistic etc.) will talk about their participation in
challenges or adventures which enabled them to
Thanks to the exceptional presence of a life- surpass themselves, about their view of the exploit
size Apollo Lunar Module (LM) in the gardens, an of the Apollo missions and the future of space
Airstream (the vehicle which took the astronauts exploration.
to the launch pad), a temporary exhibition «Moon,
Episode II,» and a programme of experiments and On the occasion of anniversary day, Cité de l’espace
events going on throughout the day, the public can will help visitors relive the magnificent adventure of
immerse themselves in the Apollo exploit and re-live the Apollo missions and astronauts Neil Armstrong
the thrills of the two historic moments of the Apollo and Buzz Aldrin. Fifty years after the deeds, the
11 mission: day of 21 July 2019 will enable the general public
to understand the conditions of the journey to the
the landing and the first steps of Neil Armstrong Moon and imagine 21st century space exploration
and his travelling companion Buzz Aldrin. for themselves.
Free Entry to the Event, on
Registration.
www.cite-espace.com
10A LIFE-SIZE APOLLO
LUNAR MODULE.
From 21 July and until the end of the «Moon,
Episode II» exhibition late in 2020, Cité de
l’espace will offer its visitors the chance to
admire a life-size reproduction of the Apollo LM
(Lunar Module), the vessel which enabled Neil
Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to land on the Moon
on 20 July 1969. An astonishing encounter
with the reality of the Apollo missions through
exploring a legendary vessel.
7 m in height, the Apollo LM is surprisingly
imposing in size and iconic lines which result
from a design which was completely dictated
by the limitations of the Moon missions. In all,
9 Apollo LMs successfully carried astronauts,
including 6 times to the surface of our natural
satellite (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17), once
around the Earth for tests (Apollo 9), once
around the Moon for the final trial (Apollo
10) and as the crew’s emergency rescue
accommodation on the Apollo 13 mission.
Both through its design and history, the Apollo
A life-size replica of the Apollo LM (or LM stands as a unique vessel, for it remains the
only craft which has taken humans to a world
Lunar Module) from the Apollo missions other than the Earth!
will be on display in the gardens of Cité
de l’espace from 21 July and throughout
the exhibition «Moon, Episode II»!
New IMAX® Film,
«Apollo 11, First Steps Edition»
This film takes a fresh look at the famous Apollo 11
mission using unpublished images and archives to see
for the first time on the giant screen. Director Todd
Miller shares this incredible scientific and human epic
with the public, delivering the atmosphere of the final
preparations for take-off, of mankind’s first steps on
the Moon and the return from this famous mission.
11CONTINUE THE LUNAR
DISCOVERIES.
THROUGH THE PERMANENT
EXHIBITIONS.
Cité de l’espace has many Moon objects
on display in its permanent exhibitions
and Moon experiments in its shows.
MOONWALK SPACESUIT
This spacesuit is an identical replica of that worn
by the last astronaut to walk on the Moon, Eugene
Cernan of the Apollo 17 mission (December 1972).
A MOON ROCK
BROUGHT BACK BY THE
ASTRONAUTS OF THE
APOLLO 15 MISSION
Get up close with the inaccessible, imagine
the travels of this rock and find out about
its history. The Moon rock on display in
the permanent exhibitions is a 163 gram
basalt fragment, brought back from the
Moon by the astronauts of the Apollo 15
mission (July 1971) and entrusted to Cité
de l’espace by NASA. This Moon rock is
priceless for its rarity.
12THE MOON JEEP RIDE
A device to operate which provides
a virtual exploration of the lunar
surface and terrain: to get to know
the Moon.
MOON MAP
A mobile Moon globe enables scanning of the
Moon’s terrain: its craters or its «seas»
on the visible side and the dark side of the
Moon. It is even possible to find out about
the landing sites of the various Apollo
missions on the Moon.
THE PLANETARIUM: NEW
INTERACTIVE SPECTACLE
«BEYOND THE STARS»
This new interactive spectacle
enables a vivid exploration of the
solar system and beyond and, on the
way, a sequence shows us the Moon
and the sites of the Apollo missions
on the big hemispherical screen with
an unparalleled image quality.
THE ASTRONOMER’S CUPOLA
An observatory enables exploration of the sky
in broad daylight via a real telescope as used
by astronomers, accompanied by a presenter.
When it is visible, the Moon reveals itself
and a spectacular and unprecedented view is
available to the public.
13A RICH AND ECLECTIC
PROGRAMME.
Tuesday 30 April at 6 p.m. Early June
Conference: «Our Journey on the Lunar continent»* New IMAX® Film, «Apollo 11, First Steps Edition.»
An overview of current Moon projects. Conference This film takes a fresh look at the famous Apollo 11
with Bernard Foing, astrophysicist ESA ESTEC, director mission using unpublished images and archives to see
ILEWG international Moon group, IAA member, Professor for the first time on the giant screen. Director Todd
at VU Amsterdam, ISU, ISAE. Miller shares this incredible scientific and human epic
At Médiathèque José Cabanis in Toulouse. with the public, delivering the atmosphere of the final
Free entry subject to availability. preparations for take-off, of mankind’s first steps on
the Moon and the return from this famous mission.
From Wednesday 15 to Friday 31 May Access with an entry ticket to Cité de l’espace
Production of the first rockets: a painful historical
context. Thursday 6 June at 8.30 p.m.
. Exhibition «Immersed in the Hell of Dora, 9000 Special Conference: «Robots and Men, What Will Be the Future
Destinies» of Planetary Exploration by 2061?»
. Continuous screening of the documentary film, «The Round Table at Cité de l’espace, organised as part of
Children of Buschdorf» France 2. the «Horizon 2061» Symposium
. Conference - Wednesday 15 at 7 p.m.: «From which will take place at IRAP that week. Encounter
Production of the First Rockets to the Development with scientists, a science historian, a sociologist from
of Space Activities.» With Laurent Thiery, Scientific scientific organisations and projects, a neurologist-
Director of the Research Programme on the Dora psychiatrist, an economist, presented by Michel Blanc,
prisoners for La Coupole Saint-Omer (62), Claude Astrophysicist at IRAP.
Favre, grand-daughter of a prisoner from Toulouse and At Cité de l’espace
Jean-Claude Renou, former CNES engineer. An event Free Entry. Booking advised
organised by Les Amis de la Fondation pour la Mémoire
de la Déportation (Délégation 31) in partnership with Friday 7 June
ONAC, La Coupole, Les Amis de la Cité de l’espace and 10th Children’s Scientific Congress «Your School on the
3ACNES. Moon»
On Friday 17 May: Day for Academics For the 10th Edition of the Children’s Scientific
At Cité de l’espace - for further information Congress, and as part of the school-college link
www.cite-espace.com events tab. programme, 500 students in CM1, CM2 and P6 are
tasked with imagining their «College on the Moon.»
Tuesday 21 May After discovering the limitations of our satellite, they
Inauguration of the «Moon, Episode II» Exhibition will have to find innovative solutions together for their
with Apollo Mission Control Tour: welcoming 4 engineers new life as college students ... on the Moon! Carried out
who worked in the control rooms of the Apollo missions. in collaboration with Toulouse Rectorate and the Federal
At Cité de l’espace - reserved for press and guests. University of Toulouse, this project is intended to raise
interest in science and build confidence in students by
Tuesday 28 May at 6.30 p.m. giving them the floor. The Congress will also take place
Conference «Chang’e or the Call of the Moon»* in the Puglia region, Italy.
From myth to reality, the Chinese Moon Exploration At Cité de l’espace - Access reserved to partner school
Programme. audiences and the press
Conference with Ms. Linli Guo, Chief Engineer at China
Academy of Space Technology (CAST), presented by
Michel Blanc, Astrophysicist at IRAP. Organised in
partnership with Académie de l’Air et de l’Espace and
IRAP/OMP/CNRS as part of the Air and Space Cycle.
At Cité de l’espace, free access to conference - booking
advised.
* Space Rendezvous and the Air and Space
Cycle. Organised in partnership with 3AF, CNES, L’Académie de
l’Air et de l’Espace, Association des Amis de la Cité de l’espace and
3ACNES.
14Friday 12 and Saturday 13 July from 6:30 to midnight Wednesday 2 October at 6.30 p.m.
Moon Observation «On the Moon Again» Conference: «Space: Can Europe Reach for the Moon?»*
Place du Capitole and the Jolimont Observatory in Toulouse A conference organised by Les Amis de la Cité de l’espace and
Two grand observation evenings to explore the Moon using 3ACNES.
a telescope and find out about its craters and the landing At Cité de l’espace - Free entry. Booking advised
sites of the Apollo missions! An event sponsored in France by
Hubert Reeves and Claudie Haignere supported by around 50 Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 October
international scientists, including several Nobel Prize winners. Aerospace Festival «Des Etoiles et des Ailes (Of Stars and
Further Information: www.onthemoonagain.org/homefr. Wings)»
Friday 12 July: Observatoire de Jolimont - Toulouse A whole programme to discuss air and space over 2 days: Film
Saturday 13 July: Place du Capitole - Toulouse Festival, Book Fair, conferences, simulators and introductory
From 9 p.m. to midnight - Free Entry. workshops etc… With prestigious guests, on the occasion
of the 50th anniversary of Concorde’s maiden flight and the
Tuesday 16 July Apollo missions. A World Space Week Event.
50 Years since Apollo 11, 50 rockets fired in France at 2.32 p.m. At Cité de l’espace - Free entry.
Planète Sciences Association celebrates the 50th anniversary
of the launch of the Saturn 5 rocket which enabled mankind
to land on the Moon, by organising 50 synchronised launches Wednesday 16 October at 8 p.m.
from 50 sites in France. Come make and launch your own Edgar Allan Poe’s Amazing Scientific Intuitions
rocket at Cité de l’espace, and celebrate the historic take-off Encounter and conference with Jean-Pierre Luminet,
of the Apollo 11 mission! Astrophysicist, writer and poet as part of the Edgar Allan Poe
At Cité de l’espace - On Presentation of the Entry Ticket cycle, accompanied by readings and a musician. In partnership
with La Cave Poésie.
Every Thursday (and the first 2 Tuesdays in August) from 18 Cité de l’espace - Free entry. Booking advised
July to 22 August
Moon themed Nocturnes Wednesday 13 November at 6.30 p.m.
Cité de l’espace is open continuously from 10 a.m. to 11 Space Exploration: From the Moon to Mars? *
p.m. with special events (sky observations by telescope, A round table organised by Les Amis de la Cité de l’espace in
illuminations in the gardens, mapping). partnership with CNES and 3ACNES.
At Cité de l’espace - Pay to access. At Cité de l’espace
Free Entry. Booking advised
Sunday 21 July from 1.30 p.m. to midnight
Moon Party
Anniversary day to find out about the magnificent adventure
of the Apollo missions and astronauts Neil Armstrong and
Buzz Aldrin who walked on the Moon on 21 July 1969! A
programme of events, films and exceptional guests to
understand the challenges of the journey to the Moon and
imagine for ourselves into 21st century space exploration.
At Cité de l’espace - Free Entry by Registration
Further Information www.cité-espace.com
* Space Rendezvous and the Air and Space
Friday 2 August 2019 from 7 p.m. to Midnight Cycle. Organised in partnership with 3AF, CNES, L’Académie de
The Night of the Stars, Moon Special. l’Air et de l’Espace, Association des Amis de la Cité de l’espace and
From Stone to Star! 3ACNES.
An evening introduction to exploring the sky. Half a century
ago, the Apollo missions astronauts collected the first
extra-terrestrial stones on the Moon’s surface for analysis
in sterile laboratories. In all, for the entire programme, more
than 300 kilos of samples collected from six sites explored by
twelve men including ... a single scientific geologist. Cité de
l’espace has a Moon stone loaned by NASA as evidence of this
theme, in partnership with the French Astronomy Association,
Planète Sciences Occitanie and many regional stakeholders in
Astronomy.
At Cité de l’espace - Free entry.
Wednesday 25 September at 8.30 p.m.
COSMOS 1969
The soundtrack of the Apollo 11 mission in an immersive and
metaphysical sensory odyssey. A concert show for aerial Further information and constantly
performers, a suspended curve and six musicians and an updated Moon Programme information
immersive sound device. In partnership with Odyssud.
Odyssud Blagnac - Admission Fee
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About Cité de l’Espace
Stimulating curiosity, arousing the desire to find out more, creating scientific vocations, making space,
astronomy and scientific culture accessible to everyone, these are the challenges for Cité de l’espace. The
leading European site for disseminating space and astronomical culture to the general public, Cité de l’espace is
a facility of Toulouse Métropole, which opened in 1997 on the initiative of Toulouse City Hall with the support of
the Occitanie Pyrénées- Méditerranée Region, its co-founders CNES, Airbus Defence and Space, Météo-France,
the Ministry of National Education, joined by Thales Alenia Space, the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, the
Caisse d’Epargne de Midi-Pyrénées, as well as by its partners: ESA, TOULOUSE III Paul-Sabatier University,
CNRS, OMP, IRAP, Safran and Onera.
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