{"id":1083,"date":"2009-07-14T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/europe_seeks_to_follow_in_apollo_s_footsteps\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:35:49","slug":"europe_seeks_to_follow_in_apollo_s_footsteps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/fr\/europe_seeks_to_follow_in_apollo_s_footsteps\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u2019Europe sur les traces d\u2019Apollo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p><b>Les laur\u00e9ats du concours sont : Pasqual Ortega Hern\u00e1ndez, Rueben Willis, Savitri Thurairatnam, Beatriz G\u00f3mez Sala, Rafael et Cristel Reyes Tagle, Liam Drake, Giuseppe Chiacchio, John Dows, Jos\u00e9 Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez Hazen, Hannah Buck, Veseli Davor, Dimitrios Klonaras, Anna Rodriguez Rico, Joel Franchini, Tom Yaouanq et Ra\u00f9l Domingo Ramos Olivares.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Le 21 juillet 1969, 600 millions de t\u00e9l\u00e9spectateurs - soit un cinqui\u00e8me de la population mondiale - suivaient \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision l\u2019apparition d\u2019une forme gris\u00e2tre et spectrale se glissant au bas d\u2019une \u00e9chelle et foulant le sol de la Lune. Alors qu\u2019il devenait le premier homme \u00e0 poser le pied sur un autre monde, Neil Armstrong pronon\u00e7ait ces mots \u00e0 jamais ancr\u00e9s dans nos m\u00e9moires : \u00ab Un petit pas pour l\u2019homme, mais un grand pas pour l\u2019humanit\u00e9. \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Au cours des trois ann\u00e9es et demie qui suivirent, 10 autres intr\u00e9pides explorateurs se posaient sur la Lune, d\u00e9ployant des douzaines d\u2019exp\u00e9riences scientifiques et ramenant 382 kg d\u2019\u00e9chantillons rocheux. Depuis d\u00e9cembre 1972, aucun autre astronaute n\u2019a laiss\u00e9 ses traces dans la poussi\u00e8re lunaire. Et pourtant, 40 ann\u00e9es apr\u00e8s le spectaculaire triomphe d\u2019Apollo 11, voil\u00e0 que l\u2019ESA, en collaboration avec de nombreuses autres agences spatiales et diff\u00e9rents pays, envisage, \u00e0 terme, de renvoyer des astronautes sur la Lune.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-natural\" data-width=\"392\" data-credit=\"ESA\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2006\/11\/A_possible_design_of_the_ESMO_spacecraft2\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2006\/11\/a_possible_design_of_the_esmo_spacecraft2\/18246179-2-eng-GB\/A_possible_design_of_the_ESMO_spacecraft.jpg\" alt=\"A possible design of the ESMO spacecraft\"><figcaption>Une conception possible du vaisseau spatial ESMO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>La sonde europ\u00e9enne SMART-1 a d\u00e9j\u00e0 aid\u00e9 \u00e0 pr\u00e9parer le terrain en passant 18 mois en orbite autour de la Lune. Des \u00e9tudiants europ\u00e9ens travaillent actuellement au d\u00e9veloppement d\u2019ESMO, un autre orbiteur lunaire, dont le lancement est programm\u00e9 pour 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Avec sa faible gravit\u00e9 et l\u2019absence d\u2019atmosph\u00e8re, la Lune sera un tr\u00e8s bon endroit pour apprendre \u00e0 vivre en milieu extraterrestre - et servir \u00e9ventuellement de tremplin vers Mars. Les bases scientifiques \u00e9tudieront l\u2019histoire du syst\u00e8me solaire et rechercheront les \u00e9ventuels ast\u00e9ro\u00efdes mena\u00e7ants se dirigeant vers nous. Les ann\u00e9es \u00e0 venir promettent d\u2019\u00eatre fascinantes pour les \u00e9tudiants scientifiques participant au futur \u00ab grand pas pour l\u2019humanit\u00e9 \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Pour marquer la mission historique d\u2019Apollo 11, l\u2019ESA s\u2019associe \u00e0 Moulinsart pour offrir un exemplaire des bandes dessin\u00e9es \u2019 Tintin sur la Lune \u00bb, d\u00e9dicac\u00e9 par un astronaute de l\u2019ESA, \u00e0 20 jeunes qui r\u00e9pondront correctement \u00e0 cette question : apr\u00e8s la Lune, quel est le prochain monde extraterrestre que l\u2019ESA souhaite explorer ? Veuillez envoyer vos r\u00e9ponses \u00e0 apollokids@esa.int. Les noms des heureux gagnants seront tir\u00e9s au sort le 1er septembre 2009. 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