The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
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The PILOTE experiment
Direct link between CADMOS, the CNES User Support and Operation Centre and Thomas Pesquet to monitor the Pilote experiment on board the International Space Station. CNES is the French space agency.
L’expérience PILOTE
Liaison en direct pendant la mission Alpha entre Thomas Pesquet et le CADMOS (le Centre d’aide au développement des activités en micropesanteur et des opérations spatiales du CNES, l’agence spatiale française) pour le suivi de l’expérience Pilote à bord de la Station spatiale internationale.