The Centre National d'Études Spatiales is the French government space agency (administratively, a "public establishment of industrial and commercial character"). Its headquarters are located in central Paris.
1 History
1961 CNES founded. Hammaguir missile range built in Algeria.
1973Events January events January 1 United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community now known as the European Union January 3 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate ledEvry Space Center completed.