Micromanipulator Acquisition for Interplanetary Dust Analysis

The C3E project (Conservation and Exploitation of the Concordia Collection) involves various research teams from Île-de-France (IMPMC, IJCLab, IPGP) focused on the conservation and analysis of interplanetary dust, particularly the CONCORDIA micrometeorite collection. The goal is to equip the IMPMC with instruments to analyze extraterrestrial particles from the CONCORDIA collection and to participate in the analysis of samples from current space missions (Hayabusa2, Chang’E5, OSIRIS-REx), while also preparing for future sample return missions. As part of this project, the Institute of Mineralogy, Physics of Materials, and Cosmochemistry (IMPMC), UMR CNRS 7590, seeks to acquire a micromanipulator for micrometric particles.