Google has teamed up with the French space agency CNES in order to fulfil the search company's plan regarding its bringing the Internet to third-world countries with the help of balloons enhanced with antennas. The Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales or CNES is known to possess probably the largest stratospheric balloon programs on the planet, except for NASA. CNES reportedly has a 60-scientist … [Read more...]
NASA, CNES join hands for 2016 InSight Mars mission
NASA and CNES, the space agencies of the United States and France, are teaming up for a new Mars mission in 2016 that would study the evolution of the Red Planet. The agreement was signed this week between NASA administrator Charles Bolden and National Centre of Space Studies of France president Jean-Yves Le Gall in Washington. The other partners who will be involved in the mission include … [Read more...]