July 16, 2013
CNRS and CNES already have a raft of joint projects lined up in the years ahead. ESA’s SWARM mission, to which CNRS is contributing with CNES on the absolute magnetometer, will be launched next October to measure Earth’s magnetic field. It will be followed by the GAIA mission in the autumn, the encounter in 2014 of the Rosetta probe with comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the launch of BepiColombo (2017), Solar Orbiter (2018), Euclid (2020), JUICE (2022) and BIOMASS, the latest Earth Explorer mission approved by ESA. CNES and CNRS are also expected to be partners in the planned Form@ter data hub.
When the two partners approve a joint national or international space science project, CNES provides oversight for the French contribution; it may also act as system or instrument prime contractor on more complex or high-risk projects. Likewise, CNES funds the French share of such projects directly. CNRS commits its human and technical resources, which often equates to CNES’s contribution, and delivers scientific support and exploitation of results through its publications. The two agencies work together to set up data centres. CNES also takes part in dedicated CNRS thematic actions, through national research programmes and groupings, and co-funds doctoral theses.
Alain Fuchs, President of CNRS, the
French national scientific research agency, and Jean-Yves Le Gall,
President of CNES, the French space agency, signed a new three-year
partnership agreement Tuesday 16 July at CNRS headquarters in Paris.
This framework agreement extends the accord first signed in 1976 through
which the two bodies are committed to combining their research efforts
to study our planet and the Universe.
CNRS and CNES are well aware of their complementary expertise in science and technology research, and of the need to maximize the science value of public funding. The two organizations are pursuing a common vision to ensure optimal return from research employing space assets and they intend to consolidate cooperative ties through their renewed partnership agreement.
The two agencies have already worked together on many science and technology programmes using space assets to deliver great results in Universe sciences and environmental research, material and life sciences, engineering sciences and information and communication technologies. The successful CoRoT and Herschel missions—which recently came to an end—are perfect examples. The Planck mission is continuing its rich harvest of results, while the Megha-Tropiques mission studying the water cycle since 2011 and the SARAL/AltiKa altimetry satellite launched on 25 February are also gathering valuable data.
CNRS and CNES are well aware of their complementary expertise in science and technology research, and of the need to maximize the science value of public funding. The two organizations are pursuing a common vision to ensure optimal return from research employing space assets and they intend to consolidate cooperative ties through their renewed partnership agreement.
The two agencies have already worked together on many science and technology programmes using space assets to deliver great results in Universe sciences and environmental research, material and life sciences, engineering sciences and information and communication technologies. The successful CoRoT and Herschel missions—which recently came to an end—are perfect examples. The Planck mission is continuing its rich harvest of results, while the Megha-Tropiques mission studying the water cycle since 2011 and the SARAL/AltiKa altimetry satellite launched on 25 February are also gathering valuable data.
CNRS and CNES already have a raft of joint projects lined up in the years ahead. ESA’s SWARM mission, to which CNRS is contributing with CNES on the absolute magnetometer, will be launched next October to measure Earth’s magnetic field. It will be followed by the GAIA mission in the autumn, the encounter in 2014 of the Rosetta probe with comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the launch of BepiColombo (2017), Solar Orbiter (2018), Euclid (2020), JUICE (2022) and BIOMASS, the latest Earth Explorer mission approved by ESA. CNES and CNRS are also expected to be partners in the planned Form@ter data hub.
When the two partners approve a joint national or international space science project, CNES provides oversight for the French contribution; it may also act as system or instrument prime contractor on more complex or high-risk projects. Likewise, CNES funds the French share of such projects directly. CNRS commits its human and technical resources, which often equates to CNES’s contribution, and delivers scientific support and exploitation of results through its publications. The two agencies work together to set up data centres. CNES also takes part in dedicated CNRS thematic actions, through national research programmes and groupings, and co-funds doctoral theses.
source: http://www.cnes.fr
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