Europlanet SPIDER booth with JUICE scale model at ESWW 2023
The annual gathering of the Space Weather and Space Climate community, the European Space Weather Week, was organized by IRAP and took place in Toulouse on 20-24 November 2023. This […]
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Delivery of the electrical model of the LEES instrument for the Comet Interceptor mission
The functional electrical model (EFM) of the Low-Energy Electron Spectrometer (LEES) instrument for which IRAP is responsible was delivered on March 5, 2024 to the Space Research Center (CBK) of […]
CDPP 3DView web-service for SMILE SXI synthetic X-ray observations
The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) is a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). SMILE is designed to investigate the […]
Perseverance: 3 years of Martian adventures
3 years ago, on February 18, 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in the Jezero crater on Mars. The mission teams – more than 500 scientists and engineers worldwide – are […]
DORN instrument heads for the Moon
The DORN (Detection of Outgassing RadoN) instrument, dedicated to measuring radon on the Moon’s surface, was developed at IRAP-OMP. It will be on board China’s Chang’E6 lunar mission, scheduled for […]
Final months for the Cluster mission, after 24 years of success in space
After 24 years of space operations, during which they have greatly advanced our understanding of the dynamics of the Earth’s magnetosphere and its interaction with the solar wind, the first […]
Electromagnetic mapping of auroral emissions from Jupiter’s moons updated by Juno
Jupiter’s intense magnetic field gives rise to the largest magnetosphere in the solar system. Within it, the movement of ions and electrons is governed by the magnetic field. A precise […]
Go-ahead for EnVision mission
ESA’s Science Program Committee (SPC) has just approved the start of development of the EnVision mission, dedicated to the study of Venus as part of the Cosmic Vision program’s M5 […]
HelioSwarm
Thematic group: PEPSScientific Leader: Vincent GénotMain OSU: Observatoire Paris Website HelioSwarm Description / Background The HelioSwarm mission concept, scheduled for launch in 2029, comprises a “mother” platform accompanied by 8 […]