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On November 13, 2026, at 8:55 pm (UTC), the New Glenn 2 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral, Florida), carrying the two satellites of the ESCAPADE mission to Mars (PI: Rob Lillis, UC Berkeley). This spectacular launch, during which the first stage of the 98-meter-high rocket was successfully recovered, enabled the Blue and Gold satellites developed by the University of Berkeley and Rocket Lab to be placed into low-Earth...

October 21, 2025 - 8:30pm to 10:00pm Cinéma Le Majetic Passy, 18 Rue de Passy, 75016, Paris France A 45-minute documentary in English with French subtitles, preceded by a presentation in the presence of the director and some members of the mission, followed by a question and answer session with the public. This screening is part of the international workshop Cluster-Plasma Observatory organized by the Laboratory of Plasma Physics from October 20 to 24...

A key event dedicated to promoting scientific knowledge to the general public, the Science Festival will take place this year in France from October 3 to 13, 2025. For this 34th edition, the Ministry of Higher Education and Research has chosen to explore the theme “Intelligences,” highlighting the diversity of forms of intelligence—human, artificial, and collective. The Plasma Physics Laboratory (LPP) is once again taking part in this major...