11/01/2002 : First images of the DASE experiment aboard the International Space Station The LSO experiment was set up by the permanent Russian crew of the International Space Station (ISS) before Claudie Haigneré's flight. The French astronaut brought back to earth the hard disk drive containing the images. At the end of November research on sprites finally started...
12/09/2001 : A CEA experiment aboard the International Space Station The aim of the LSO (Lightning and Sprite Observations) experiment is to observe certain light emissions generated by lightning from the International Space Station (ISS). The CEA designed and developed the experimental device required for this experiment...