Francis Rocard began his career as a planetary scientist at the CNRS and participated in the VEGA mission to fly over Halley's comet and the PHOBOS-88 mission to study the mineralogy of the surface of Mars. Later, he joined the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES) where he was responsible for the Solar system exploration programmes. In this capacity, he followed all planetary exploration missions in which France has been involved: Mars-96, Mars Express, Curiosity, InSight, ExoMars for the exploration of Mars… Francis Rocard is keen to share these discoveries with a wide audience and the media. Books: "Dernières nouvelles de Mars: La mission du siècle", Flammarion / "Mars, Une exploration photographique", Xavier Barral, (2nd ed.) / "Quelle est la vraie histoire du Système solaire?” Le Pommier, 2014.
