PHARAO atomic clock agreement signed by ESA and CNES

ESA PR 31-2009 Today at the Paris headquarters of the French space agency (CNES), Simonetta Di Pippo, ESA Director of Human Spaceflight, and Thierry Duquesne, CNES Director for Strategy, Programmes and International Relations, signed an agreement that paves the way for the launch of a high-accuracy atomic clock to be attached to the outside of the European Columbus laboratory onboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Link: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMRDI9K73G_index_0.html

Time: 15. Dec. 2009

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