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    Thomas feels home

    Thomas feels home

    Human spaceflight and robotic explorations image of the week: ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet feeling objects in the Netherlands from space
    Up close and personal

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    The Soyuz carrying ESA's new SmallGEO telecom platform is captured at the moment of liftoff on a rainy evening in Kourou
    Solar cell test

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    Space Science Image of the Week: Testing the solar cells of ESA’s exoplanet mission
    Liftoff for SmallGEO

    Liftoff for SmallGEO

    ESA’s new small telecom platform, SmallGEO, was launched on its first mission at 01:03 GMT on 28 January from Europe’s Spaceport
    SmallGEO liftoff

    SmallGEO liftoff

    Watch the replay of the first launch of ESA's SmallGEO platform at 01:03 GMT on 28 January from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana
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    Be a part of Europe’s Earth observation revolution: apply to join top Earth experts at the Sentinel launch SocialSpace on 6–7 March in Darmstadt, Germany
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