Jean-Pierre Lebreton (born 21 August 1949, in

Thimert-Gâtelles Thimert-Gâtelles () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It was the site of a royal castle until 1058, when it was taken by the Normans. Between 1058 and 1060, it was besieged by the king of France. After that the ca ...

, France) is a French planetary scientist at

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, specialized in plasma physics. He was the mission manager of the

Huygens probe ''Huygens'' ( ) was an atmospheric entry robotic space probe that landed successfully on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005. Built and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), launched by NASA, it was part of the ''Cassini–Huygens'' mission an ...

that landed on Saturn's moon

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in 2005. Besides the Huygens mission, Lebreton is also working with the

Rosetta Rosetta or Rashid (; ar, رشيد ' ; french: Rosette ; cop, ϯⲣⲁϣⲓⲧ ''ti-Rashit'', Ancient Greek: Βολβιτίνη ''Bolbitinē'') is a port city of the Nile Delta, east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Beheira governorate. The Ro ...

comet probe and its Plasma Consortium Experiment, and the Venus Express space probe.

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Interview with Lebreton
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