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    On 14 December, ESA's New Norcia tracking station will help pinpoint China's Moon lander
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    Earth observation image of the week: multi-coloured layers of rock in South Australia, also featured in the Earth from Space video programme
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    Technology image of the week: ESA’s Proba-2 minisatellite contributes to a spectacular multiwavelength composite of the Sun dwarfed by its surrounding corona
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    Mystery mounds on Mars

    The intriguing mounds of Juventae Chasma revealed by Mars Express
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    Join us in a video shout-out celebrating the end of 31 months of deep-space hibernation for ESA’s Rosetta comet-chaser – you might win exciting ESA prizes!
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    Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Rosetta Engineering Qualification Model in a cleanroom at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre
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    Rosetta media briefing

    Watch replay: Media briefing on Rosetta wake-up and the year ahead held at ESA’s operations centre, Tuesday, 10 December
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    Space science image of the week: see the martian north pole from all angles in this new movie from ESA’s Mars Express
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      Wake Up, RosettaOn 20 January, ESA's comet-chasing Rosetta mission wakes up from 31 months in deep-space hibernation. Join us on this exciting adventure
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