The CHyMENE project (Cible d'Hydrogène Mince pour l'Etude des Noyaux Exotiques - Thin hydrogen target for the study of exotic nuclei) has the ambitious goal of producing a thin target of pure hydrogen, without using a container, suitable for experiments using the low-energy heavy ion beam planned for SPIRAL2. A team from IRFU (SPhN and SACM) and from SBT have recently applied cryogenic techniques to successfully produce a ribbon of solid hydrogen 100 μm thick. The target will soon be tested in the beam. This will be a world first.