The Solar Impulse and FASE-J Foundations Contest !

Every morning, the Little Prince pulls baobabs’ roots: » It is a matter of discipline, the little prince said to me later. When you have finished your own toilet in the morning, do the toilet in the world carefully.  »
And you, what do you do for your planet? Send us your photos of green initiatives, and win  Solar Impulse badges!

Let’s set up a big international contest !

Participate on our Facebook Page, and answer this question : What do you do for your planet ?  Send us pictures or vidéos of your eco-friendly actions, and win this collector badge ! The winners will be randomly selected. This contest will end on November the 10th.

If you want to be part of this dream, you can also help us by getting this badge.
Purchase this collector’s item today and help sponsor our Foundations!

“As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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The Solar Impulse and FASE-J Foundation’s contest !

Lately, you may have seen these strange pictures :

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This time Little Prince & the fox were exploring the Australia's outback...

Of course, you recognised your favorite Little Prince, but you may have noticed the Solar Impulse Foundation logo.

Actually, it’s a badge. Designed by Solar Impulse and the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation, the proceeds from the sale of this exclusive badge will finance our educational activities.

As you know, the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation and The Solar Impulse Foundation are joining in a partnership, in order to help the young, all over the world, to achieve great projects. (See more here).

To celebrate this new partnerships, let’s set up a big international contest ! 

Participate on our Facebook Page, and answer this question : What do you do for your planet ?  Send us pictures or vidéos of your eco-friendly actions, and win this collector badge ! The winners will be randomly selected. This contest will end on November the 10th.

If you want to be part of this dream, you can also help us by getting this badge.
Purchase this collector’s item today and help sponsor our Foundations!

“As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Visuel Petit Prince-Google+

The Little Prince and the Solar Impulse

The Little Prince and the Solar Impulse Foundation share the same values.

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The Solar Impulse and the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation share the concern for the protection of the environment and a passion for travel, meetings and transcendence.

 

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It is natural that this summer, the Little Prince has traveled with the Solar Impulse pilots during the last stage of their mission Across America, a flight over the United States aboard the first solar airplane.

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So it is with the same enthusiasm that the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation joins the Solar Impulse Foundation to promote the initiative and the protection of the environment in our daily lives. Soon it will be up to you to join us!

More to come … Stay tuned! And do not forget to visit the Solar Impulse website!

 

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http://www.solarimpulse.com/en/donate/the-little-prince/

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Back on the Little Prince 70th anniversary, with the Solar Impulse team

On July 11, the pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg were landing in New York aboard the Solar Impulse, first solar powered plane.

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Do you recognize the pilots ? They are wearing yellow scarves to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Little Prince. One copy of the book has traveled in the cockpit ! We bet it has brought themgood luck, because they arrived without problems, despite the underside of the wing was ripped off in flight.
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Then, the team went to the Morgan Library, where the original manuscript is kept.

 

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Mr Bertrand Lortholary, General Consul of France in New York, were heading the ceremony. His speech about Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s humanists values moved the Solar Impulse teams, who share the same ambitions.

This event has created the occasion for the Solar Impulse team and the FASE-J to  share their involvment in the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s values. When the pilot was writing about discovering the world while protecting the planet, the Solar Impulse makes the dream come true, thanks to a solar powered plane. We want to thank the Solar Impulse team for this moving travel following Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s ideals.

For more information about the FASE-J and Solar Impulse partnership.

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The Little Prince aboard the Solar Impulse

Dr Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, members of the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation (F-ASEJ),are the co-founders and pilots of this unique solar plane. For the 70th anniversary of the Little Prince, they organize an exceptional event. July 11th, at 9 A.M., a breakfast under the wings of the Solar Impulse will gather civilian and military personalities, including the General Consul of France in NewYork.

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This event is the last of an incredible trip. The solar plane crossed the United States, departing from San Francisco on May the 3rd, then reaching Phoenix, Dallas, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Washington, to finally arrive to New York on July 7. The two pilots, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg alternately took place in the cockpit.

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The “Across America” mission at a glance:

03 May 2013: First leg San Francisco/Moffett Airfield – Phoenix/Sky Harbor
Pilot: Bertrand Piccard, Initiator and Chairman
22 May 2013: Second leg Phoenix/Sky Harbor – Dallas/Fort Worth
Pilot: André Borschberg, Co-Founder and CEO
03 June 2013: Third leg Dallas/Fort Worth – St. Louis/Lambert Airport
Pilot: Bertrand Piccard
14 June 2013: Fourth leg St. Louis/Lambert Airport – Cincinnati as Pit Stop – Washington DC/Dulles
Pilot: André Borschberg (St. Louis – Cincinnati) and Bertrand Piccard (Cincinnati – Washington D.C.)
06 July 2013: Fifth and last leg Washington DC/Dulles – New York/JFK
Pilot: André Borschberg

During its stay in New York, Solar Impulse  had a dense program of events including a news conference on Monday, July 8 at noon at JFK, participation in the NASDAQ Opening Bell Ceremony and a meeting at the UN with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday, July 9.
Among these events, the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation (F-ASEJ) is commemorating the 70th anniversary of the publication of the Little Prince in New York back in 1943. To homage this story intimately linked to the history of aviation, Solar Impulse pilots will wear a commemorative badge on their flying suits and the Little Prince’s yellow scarf, while carrying a special edition of the book in the cockpit.

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Record-breaking Solar Flight Reaches Hawaii Demonstrating the Potential of Clean Technologies

Endeavoring to reach Hawaii from Japan to encourage the use of clean technologies (#futureisclean), the solar powered aircraft of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg achieved the longest exploration leg of the Solar Impulse’s Round-The-World mission.

At the controls of Solar Impulse 2, André Borschberg landed safely in Kalaeloa on July 3rd at 05:55 local time, after a perilous non-stop flight of 5 days and nights.

« What André has achieved is extraordinary from the perspective of a pilot. But furthermore, he has also led the technical team during the construction of this revolutionary prototype.

This oceanic flight to Hawaii demonstrates that if technological solutions exist to fly a plane day andnight without fuel, then there is potential for these same efficient technologies to be used in our daily lives, and to achieve energy savings to reduce CO2 emissions.

We want to inspire our supporters to add their voice to the message on futureisclean.org: a website serving as a petition to convince governments around the globe to implement the necessary clean technology solutions and help ensure that the United Nations’ upcoming Conference on Climate Change (COP21) is successful in renewing the Kyoto protocol this December in Paris. »

The two pilots are member of the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Fundation for youth.

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First Writing Contest from Space

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The Labo des Histoires and the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation proposed to Thomas Pesquet, French astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA), to create the first writing contest from the International Space Station (ISS).

“Thomas Pesquet will proudly carry the humanist values of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. May it inspire us for imagining and writing the future!”

– Claudie Haigneré

 

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On 12 October 2016, Claudie Haigneré, chairwoman of the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation’s patronage committee and counsellor to the ESA’s president, unveiled the organisation of this unique national writing contest for youth below 25 years old, at the Maison de la Poésie (House of Poetry) in Paris. She recalled how her two space missions were punctuated by moments of writing and imagination, in particular the writing of a moving letter to her daughter Clara.

 

On the occasion of the Proxima mission, astronaut Thomas Pesquet, the 10th astronaut from France to head to space, will announce in December 2016 the theme of this contest in a video recorded and transmitted from space. The young candidates will then have until 28 February 2017 to write their texts, while reaching for the stars.

 

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Olivier d’Agay, delegate general of the Foundation, spoke about the long tradition that associates the literary work of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry with space. He thus commented on the picture of The Little Prince taken from space by astronaut Philippe Perrin in 2002 and indicated that Thomas Pesquet will take off with the complete literary works of the famous writer-cum-aviator on his first space mission.

“I am delighted to link the memory of my great-uncle to this meaningful contest that conveys the values driving our activities through the Foundation and that perpetuates the passion for writing, adventure and the discovery of the skies.”

– Olivier d’Agay

 

The jury of the contest will select the 5 best texts that will be transmitted to Thomas Pesquet. On 6 April 2017, the anniversary of the publication date of The Little Prince in France, Thomas Pesquet will unveil the winner of the contest by reading his favourite text from space.

 

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The Cité de l’Espace (Space City) of Toulouse is associated with this project, as well as the Institut Français (French Institute), which will give the contest an international dimension.

 

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The Jury of the Proxima writing contest:

Thomas Pesquet – chairman of the jury, ESA astronaut

François d’Agay – chairman of the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation

Charles Autheman – delegate general of the Labo des Histoires

André Borschberg – co-founder of Solar Impulse

Jean-François Clervoy – ESA astronaut

Olivier Chaudenson – director of the Maison de la Poésie

Jean-Baptiste Desbois – managing director of the Cité de l’Espace of Toulouse

Camille Dorland – writing contest winner of the Labo des Histoires

Timothée de Fombelle – author

Claudie Haigneré – ESA astronaut

Marie-Vincente Latécoère – chairwoman of the Latécoère Foundation

Bertrand Piccard – co-founder of Solar Impulse

 

Website : www.labodeshistoires.com

 

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