October 13, 2004:
France Joins GLOBE!
France became the 107th country to join GLOBE in a ceremony held in conjunction with the 2004 International Astronautical Congress in Vancouver, Canada on 4 October 2004. French schools join more than 15,000 schools with over 26,000 GLOBE teachers in countries worldwide participating in the GLOBE Program. Mr. Yannick d'Escatha, President of the Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), and Mr. Sean O'Keefe, Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), sign the GLOBE Agreement. | During remarks at the end of the ceremony, NASA Administrator O'Keefe said, "I am very pleased that NASA and CNES are expanding our collaboration by signing the GLOBE Agreement today. NASA and GLOBE Partners around the world warmly welcome CNES and French schools to this worldwide partnership of students, teachers and scientists." |