Space and Sport

Venue

Astralia Reception Hall

Accessibility

Accessible to people with disabilities

On the occasion of the 2023 Rugby World Cup and the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Cité de l'espace unveils what unites astronauts and top-level sportspeople

AN EXHIBITION OF LARGE-FORMAT IMMERSIVE VISUALS

As part of the Rugby World Cup 2023 and the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2024, the Cité de l’espace has created the “Space and Sport” exhibition until December 2025: it highlights the similarities between top-level sportsmen and women and astronauts, bringing together these two communities which often fascinate each other

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Visuels espace et sport

Space and Rugby Exhibition: A Shared Perspective by Cité de l’espace and Stade Toulousain.

A SHARED PERSPECTIVE IN A JOINT EXHIBITION

Find out how rugby players and astronauts put their bodies to the test. These two communities must indeed learn to know their body and sometimes to exceed their limits, maintain it and even prepare it for challenges, with a view to performance and success.

In space and on the pitch, a strong mind is as important as a healthy body. Before a space mission or a big match, astronauts and rugby players work with coaches and psychologists to prepare themselves to resist pressure and stress.

Whether in the field of space exploration or rugby, success can only be collective. Astronauts and rugby players are members of teams in which the sharing of skills, mutual aid and solidarity are put to the service of the success of the space mission or the sporting competition.

ONE THEME, TWO EXHIBITIONS

AT CITÉ DE L’ESPACE

From September 8 to December 2025

Included in the entrance ticket to Cité de l’espace.

AT THE ERNEST WALLON STADIUM

From September 8 to the end of December 2024

Free exhibition with open access.

©ESA/NASA
Heineken Champions Cup Semi-Final, Aviva Stadium, Dublin 29/4/2023
Leinster vs Toulouse
A view of a maul 
Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Gary Carr

©Stade Toulousain – ©ESA/NASA

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