OUR PARTNERS

With a primary focus on space programs and recognized as a hub of technical proficiency, The agency is responsible for formulating and executing France's space strategy, collaborating extensively on the global stage, notably in the European context. With more than 60 years of experience in space medicines, 0G experiment implementation, and astronaut training, the CNES now chaperons a new era of commercial space by partnering with the Spaceflight Institute.

Novespace, a subsidiary under the CNES umbrella, was created in 1986 with the primary aim of promoting microgravity as a scientific research tool. The Zero G flights program, initiated by former ESA astronaut Jean-François Clervoy, offers space agencies an independent avenue to access parabolic flights—a domain previously dominated by the United States and Russia. The Airbus A310 ZERO-G is also a training ground for astronaut candidates and will provide the first taste of weightlessness to the Spaceflight Institute cohorts.

For the past 35 years, MEDES has been dedicated to preserving and enhancing France's expertise in space medicine and physiology, along with advocating for the practical utilization of space research in the field of healthcare. MEDES leverages its knowledge, capabilities, and cutting-edge technical resources to assist space missions, safeguard astronaut well-being, and conduct medical experiments as well as clinical trials within its distinctive research facility known as the space clinic. They will provide space medicine courses at the Spaceflight Institute as well as medical support to guarantee our candidates are fit for space duty.

The Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Space (ISAE Supaero) is a French engineering school specializing in aerospace. As a world leader in higher education in this field, the school offers a complete range of recognized by peers scientific training. Incubated within the school by two alumni, the Spaceflight Institute is proud to be part of the ISAE SUPAERO galaxy. The school also issues the theoretical certificate for SFI learners.

Harpang offers Vinyassa aerial yoga (Hammock) classes. Aerial yoga is a BKS Iyengar yoga practice using a hammock in order to hang up in the air. The sessions are in small groups or individual coaching in the Zen setting of its small room accompanied by the sound of a harp. The Spaceflight Institute will make this practice available to its learners to allow them to also work on their minds, an essential tool during a space mission.

The School of Explorers by Alban Michon specializes in training for exploration. For twenty years, the School has provided custom and solid training in extreme environments such as under-ice diving, camping, or survival training in a polar environment. As a necessary phase for any future astronaut, these courses will be available to learners from the Spaceflight Institute.