CNES (the French National Center for Space Research) was responsible for the first spacecraft to orbit a comet, the Rosetta Project, and now Pascal Martinelli, who supervised the conception and manufacturing of that satellite, has helped a group of French students do their part to make a new aerospace project happen.
EYESAT_blogThe EyeSat mission is PLAnned to place a satellite to observe the Milky Way, and it’s part of the larger Janus Project. A few times every year, the CNES launches missions which include the best engineering students from France.
“It’s a practical tool to get students at engineering schools and universities more involved in space sciences,” says Alain Gaboriaud, the project leader at CNES.