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    Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2 image over part of northwest England, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme
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    Operations image of the week: The webcam on Mars Express spots the craters where rovers have roved
    Giant berg on the move

    Giant berg on the move

    Until a few days ago, the huge chunk of ice that broke off Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf in July has remained close, buffeting back and forth against the shelf. A68 is now on the move and drifting out to sea
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    Technology image of the week: Proba-V captures the world’s largest salt plain, so flat that it is used to check satellite instruments
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    Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Searching for clues in planetary geology
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    Video: highlights of a month in space on Paolo Nespoli's third mission
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    Space Science Image of the Week: Share your favourite memory of the Herschel space observatory as we celebrate the legacy of this extraordinary mission
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    Cassini’s last look around Saturn’s neighbourhood before concluding its 13-year journey of discovery
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