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Journalists are cordially invited to view Euclid, ESA’s ambitious mission to explore the dark Universe, in Cannes, France, on 21 February 2023.
Media will be given the rare opportunity to see the spacecraft in the cleanroom of Thales Alenia Space (TAS), prior to shipment for its launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA in July 2023.
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During the visit, registered media will be able to see the cleanroom of the industrial prime contractor, TAS, and to interview high-level experts from ESA and key mission partners TAS, CNES, CEA and CNRS.
Media programme (all times in CET)
10:15 Security check-in at TAS Followed by informal welcome coffee
10:45 ESA Giuseppe Recca
ESA Euclid programme manager
Overview Euclid mission
11:00 CNES André Debus
CNES EUCLID programme manager
French contribution to Euclid mission
11:15 Thales Alenia Space Paolo Musi
TAS EUCLID programme manager
Industrial stakes
11:30 Airbus Defence and Space Laurent Brouard
Airbus EUCLID Payload (telescope) programme manager
Industrial stakes
11:45 CEA & CNRS David Elbaz
CEA Scientific Director – Astrophysics Department
Stéphanie Escoffier
Director of Research CNRS – Coordinator EUCLID France
Scientific matters
12:00 Q&A for journalists and further individual interview opportunities
14:00 Parallel visits of Euclid spacecraft in TAS cleanrooms, in smaller guided groups
16:00 End of Media visit on TAS site
About Euclid – exploring the dark Universe
The unique ESA-led astronomy mission Euclid will explore the composition and evolution of the dark Universe.
The space telescope will create the largest, most accurate 3D map of the Universe ever produced, observing shapes and movements of billions of galaxies across 10 billion years of cosmic time, over more than a third of the sky.
From these data, Euclid will reveal how the Universe has expanded and how structures have formed over cosmic history.
ESA-lead consortium with 2000 scientists from 16 countries
Euclid is a fully European mission, built and operated by ESA, with contributions from NASA. The Euclid Consortium – consisting of more than 2000 scientists from 300 institutes in 13 European countries, the US, Canada and Japan – provided the scientific instruments and scientific data analysis. ESA selected Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor for the construction of the satellite and its Service Module, with Airbus Defence and Space chosen to develop the Payload Module, including the telescope. NASA provided the near-infrared detectors of the NISP instrument.
Media accreditation and TAS site security context
Please note that ESA will not cover for any media travel costs. Also note that mobile phones are not permitted in the TAS cleanrooms. Filming and photography of Euclid are allowed within certain limitations. Further high-quality photo & video material can also be provided by TAS Communications.
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About the European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA) provides Europe’s gateway to space.
ESA is an intergovernmental organisation, created in 1975, with the mission to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space delivers benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
ESA has 22 Member States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Slovakia, Slovenia, Latvia and Lithuania are Associate Members.
ESA has established formal cooperation with four Member States of the EU. Canada takes part in some ESA programmes under a Cooperation Agreement.
By coordinating the financial and intellectual resources of its members, ESA can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any single European country. It is working in particular with the EU on implementing the Galileo and Copernicus programmes as well as with Eumetsat for the development of meteorological missions.
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