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Mumm Cordon Rouge Stellar – Mission complete

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Mumm Cordon Rouge Stellar is back on Earth after its debut flight into space. On 25 June 2025, the first champagne adapted to space launched on an Axiom Space mission from Florida, returning to Earth July 15th, in perfect condition in its specially designed, state-of-the-art bottle.

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A historic event

Representing the culmination of nine years of research and experimentation, during which Maison Mumm, in collaboration with a community of experts, once again pushed the boundaries, continuing the explorations it began when it was founded in 1827.

Beyond the technological achievement of this brilliantly executed mission, Mumm Cordon Rouge Stellar is a powerful symbol of the spirit of celebration and conviviality, which – having united people on Earth for centuries, will in future extend into space.

It is a way of encapsulating our culture, the memory of the terroir and tasting ritual that make champagne what it is.

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A NEW FRONTIER

The House’s pioneering spirit has long been epitomized by Mumm Cordon Rouge, which– over a century before it launched into space– accompanied Commandant Charcot, the first Frenchman to lead an Antarctic expedition, on historic quest to the Polar Circle in 1904. César Giron, CEO of Maison Mumm comments:

OVER AND ABOVE ITS CONTRIBUTION TO SPACE EXPLORATION,

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROJECT LIES IN WHAT CHAMPAGNE REPRESENTS

– SHARED VALUES, AN ENDURING ART DE VIVRE, A SYMBOL OF OUR CULTURE

– AND IN THE POSSIBILITY OF RECREATING IT IN AN ENTIRELY NEW ENVIRONMENT.

While Mumm Cordon Rouge is synonymous with earthly celebrations, Cordon Rouge Stellar preserves, beyond the boundaries of our planet, the memory of a terroir, a climate, a savoir-faire and a ritual of conviviality.

Sébastien Barde, Deputy Director of Exploration & Human Spaceflight at CNES adds:

THE MUMM CORDON ROUGE STELLAR PROJECT IS A CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSIDERING CONVIVIALITY AND SHARED RITUALS IN SPACE.

FOR CNES, THESE HUMAN DIMENSIONS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF LONG-DURATION MISSIONS.

BY SUPPORTING PROJECTS LIKE THIS ONE, WE ARE EXPLORING WAYS TO IMPROVE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF CREWS

AND ADDRESS THE CULTURAL CHALLENGES OF HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION.

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AN UNPRECEDENTED MISSION

  • People involved:
    The project that took Mumm Cordon Rouge Stellar into space began in 2017, when Maison Mumm assembled an expert team:
    -Octave de Gaulle, founder of SPADE, which specializes in designing products and experiences for human life beyond Earth;
    -the CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales), France’s national space agency; and
    -Jean-François Clervoy, an astronaut with the European Space Agency, and veteran of three NASA space missions.
  • Start date:
    The first prototype of Mumm Cordon Rouge Stellar was presented in 2018, resulting in an initial set of observations, both technical and oenological.
    These were integrated into the design of a second prototype, produced in 2022, which also conformed to CNES specifications for safety and tasting in conditions of zero gravity.
    That same year, Maison Mumm announced its collaboration with Axiom Space, which would carry Mumm Cordon Rouge Stellar on a future, real-life mission.

 

 

 

The final, crucial step before the mission could go ahead was a zero-gravity test flight, which was successfully completed in March 2025, before blasting off from Florida, as part of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4).

The Ax-4 Commander Peggy Whitson, former NASA astronaut and biochemistry researcher, was accompanied by an international crew.  The mission  has returned to Earth on July 15th, in flawless condition.

In approximately five months’ time, Yann Munier, Cellar Master of Maison Mumm, will be authorized to open the bottle and taste the world’s first champagne to have voyaged into space.

 

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