Jean-Pierre Lebreton

Jean-Pierre Lebreton
Jean-Pierre Lebreton
Born	August 21, 1949; Thimert-Gâtelles, France
Nationality	French
Alma mater	University of Orléans
	Scientific career
Fields	Planetary science
Institutions	ESA

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]

References

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

External links

Interview with Lebreton

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[Lebreton-AAE-1] "Monsieur Jean-Pierre LEBRETON". National Air and Space Academy. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

[Lebreton-ESA-2] "Heading for Saturn's mysterious moon: An interview with Jean-Pierre Lebreton". European Space Agency – ESA. 28 August 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2017.