Centre national d'ètudes spatiales

The Centre national d'ètudes spatiales (CNES) is the French space agency. CNES is sponsoring or co-sponsoring many projects, including contributions to the following astronomy and planetary-science missions:

• INTEGRAL
• XMM-Newton
• COROT
• Mars Express
• Venus Express
• Cassini
• Rosetta
• Planck
• Herschel Space Observatory
• JWST (MIRI)