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ATV-4 docked with ISS
The 4th European cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the Russian Zvezda module of the ISS Saturday 15 June, just after 16:00 CET. 
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5 June 2013
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October 2013
SWARM satellite launch
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Vega rocket launch
2nd semester 2013
Alphabus new spacecraft bus launch
End of 2013
Gaia satellite launch
In the news
CNES at the Paris Air Show, 17-23 June
June 07, 2013The Paris Air Show at Le Bourget opens its doors on 17 June. Hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected at the show, where CNES will have a 300-sq-m exhibition pavilion with its eye on the future.
ATV-4 safely on its way to the ISS
June 05, 2013The 4th European resupply cargo spacecraft began its journey to the International Space Station (ISS) this Wednesday 5 June when it was lofted into space by an Ariane 5 ES launcher. The launch occurred as scheduled from the Guiana Space Centre at 18:52 local time (23:52 CET).
Sea elephant oceanographers: a 10-year success story
May 31, 2013For the last 10 years, more than 200 elephant seals have been patrolling the southern seas wearing some strange headgear: an Argos transmitter instrumented with temperature, salinity and pressure sensors. The data these sensors acquire are fed in near-real time into the Mercator operational oceanography model and also tell us more about the animals' ecology.
1st SpaceUp Paris: Ariane 6 kick-off event a huge success
May 29, 2013On 24 May 2013, a crowd of people began milling in the concourse of CNES’s Paris-Daumesnil facility. Carrying rucksacks and conversing in English, they had come from more than 20 countries to live their shared passion for space.
