As an IRAP (Institut de Recherche en Astronomie et Planétologie of Toulouse, France) associate researcher, I am doing research in the field of Egyptian ArchaeoAstronomy since fifteen years and I am in close contact with researchers in Earth and Planetary Science, with space engineers as well, who both participate in the implementation of space missions, in the conceiving of mechanical, optical and electronics components of satellites, or collect, process then analyze satellite data (signals and images). I therefore naturally got the idea of introducing data and tools coming from the space sector (stellar databases, satellite imagery, etc.) into ArchaeoAstronomy. For this puprose, a dedicated Web interface is under construction.

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After designing the new Website of the Graduate School « Sciences de l'Univers, de l'Environnement et de l'Espace », the Culture Diff' company carries out its management : regular updating of its content, development of new web tools, institutional monitoring, etc ...

After contributing to the development of the new website of the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, the Culture Diff' company was given the mission to carry out its activities: regular updating of its content, Web assistance to the IRAP employees, ...

The Midi-Pyrenees Polaris network aims at gathering every actors on the space sector in the Midi-Pyrenees area. The Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie is one of the main actors of this network : it gathers people who contribute, for some to the elaboration of space missions (conception of mechanical, optical, electronical components), for others to the processing of signals and images coming from satellites, for others to the data analyzing, indeed. The Culture Diff' company monitors the contribution of the IRAP to the Midi-Pyrenees Polaris network.

During their studies, college students must perform a "work experience" for a few days. Depending upon the institutions to which they belong, these courses take place in the 4th or the 3rd grade. Following the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT), the Centre Study of Space Radiation (CESR) and the Laboratory of Terrestrial and Planetary Dynamics (DTP), the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP) engaged in welcoming these young boys and girls. The objective is to enable them to discover the research environment and actors in the field of the Sciences of the Universe. To this end, each student meets successively the researchers, engineers, PhD students, postdocs, technicians, computer specialists, managers, librarians of the laboratories which make up the Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees : Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP), Laboratoire d'Aérologie (LA), Laboratory of Geophysics and Oceanography (LEGOS), Centre d'Etudes Spatiales of the Biosphere (CESBIO), Laboratory of Functional Ecology (Ecolab), Laboratory of Geological and Transfer Mechanisms (LMTG) and Common Services (UMS). Since the Culture Diff' company is closely linked with the research laboratories of the Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees and since spreading the scientific knowledge to the general public is one of its missions, the Culture Diff' company was asked to welcome the young people willing to do their work experience at the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP).