Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie explained

The Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP), formerly the Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements (CESR), is a French laboratory of space astrophysics. It is located in Toulouse. The center's main areas of investigation are: space plasmas, planetology, the high energy universe, and the cold universe.

The center is jointly operated by CNRS and Toulouse's Paul Sabatier University, and was opened on 1 January 2011.^[1]

Projects

The ChemCam instrument on the Curiosity rover (Mars Science Laboratory) was developed by CESR in conjunction with the Los Alamos National Laboratory.^{[2] [3]} It landed on the planet Mars in August 2012.

The SuperCam instrument on the Perseverance rover (Mars 2020) was developed by IRAP in conjunction with the Los Alamos National Laboratory.^[4] It landed on the planet Mars in February 2021.

See also

• Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: IRAP: Introduction . Irap.omp.eu . 15 October 2018.
2. Web site: MSL Science Corner: Chemistry & Camera (ChemCam) . https://web.archive.org/web/20090320125959/http://msl-scicorner.jpl.nasa.gov/Instruments/ChemCam/ . dead . 2009-03-20 . NASA/JPL.
3. Corrections and Clarifications: News of the Week . . 322 . 5907 . 1466 . 5 December 2008 . 10.1126/science.322.5907.1466a. 1240923 . EHP Staff .
4. Web site: SuperCam . Mars 2020 Rover . NASA . 7 July 2018 . 7 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190507183844/https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/instruments/supercam/ . dead .