Jean-Pierre Lebreton

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Jean-Pierre Lebreton
Born(1949-08-21)August 21, 1949
NationalityFrench
Alma materUniversity of Orléans
Scientific career
FieldsPlanetary science
InstitutionsESA

Jean-Pierre Lebreton (born 21 August 1949, in Thimert-Gâtelles, France) is a French planetary scientist at ESA, specialized in plasma physics. He was the mission manager of the Huygens probe that landed on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005. Besides the Huygens mission, Lebreton is also working with the Rosetta comet probe and its Plasma Consortium Experiment, and the Venus Express space probe.[1][2]

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  1. ^ "Monsieur Jean-Pierre LEBRETON". National Air and Space Academy. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Heading for Saturn's mysterious moon: An interview with Jean-Pierre Lebreton". European Space Agency – ESA. 28 August 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

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