https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A space telescope developed by the European Space Agency in the south of France, will be launched into space this summer to offer new insights into how the universe evolved. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230225/france-based-spacecraft-prepares-to-probe-universes-dark-mysteries Sat, 25 Feb 2023 17:59:59 +0100 france-based-spacecraft-prepares-to-probe-universes-dark-mysteries France will increase spending on its new Space Force programme by several hundreds of millions of euros as it prepares for potential "unfriendly manoeuvres" among world powers, Defence Minister Florence Parly said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200724/france-increases-defence-spending-as-it-prepares-for-unfriendly-manouvres-in-space Fri, 24 Jul 2020 12:44:16 +0200 france-increases-defence-spending-as-it-prepares-for-unfriendly-manouvres-in-space French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday announced the creation of a new national military space force command that will eventually be part of his country's air force. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190714/macron-announces-new-space-force-on-eve-of-bastille-day Sun, 14 Jul 2019 09:03:13 +0200 macron-announces-new-space-force-on-eve-of-bastille-day Is Mercury's core liquid or solid, and why -- on the smallest planet in our solar system -- is it so big? What can the planet closest to the Sun tell us about how our solar system came into being? https://www.thelocal.fr/20181020/mercury-mission-to-explore-origin-of-solar-system Sat, 20 Oct 2018 15:47:38 +0200 mercury-mission-to-explore-origin-of-solar-system French astronaut Thomas Pesquet is returning to earth and we are going to miss his unique look at France from high above the earth. Here's a selection of his most spectacular images. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170602/french-astronaut-tweets-incredible-images-of-france-from-space Fri, 02 Jun 2017 14:24:55 +0200 french-astronaut-tweets-incredible-images-of-france-from-space A stunning photo capturing a nighttime view of France and parts of the UK from space has gone viral in the Twittersphere, but it's just one of the spectacular sights captured by an American astronaut. Can you make out the various French cities? https://www.thelocal.fr/20141003/france-from-space-nasa-astronaut-uk Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:11:00 +0200 france-from-space-nasa-astronaut-uk Space experts said on Friday they had successfully reawakened a fridge-sized robot designed to make the first-ever spacecraft landing on a comet, with France's National Centre for Space Studies in Paris saying the spacecraft had re-established contact with Earth. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140329/comet-lander-awakes-from-long-hibernation Sat, 29 Mar 2014 12:22:00 +0100 comet-lander-awakes-from-long-hibernation The United States and France on Monday unveiled plans to collaborate on a new Mars mission, two years after NASA withdrew from a European partnership to send a probe and lander to the Red Planet. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140211/mars-france-and-us-sign-deal-for-new-mission-to-red-planet Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:30:00 +0100 mars-france-and-us-sign-deal-for-new-mission-to-red-planet