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    Sentinel-3B liftoff

    Sentinel-3B liftoff

    Sentinel-3B lifted off on a Rockot launcher from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 17:57 GMT (19:57 CEST)
    Liftoff replay

    Liftoff replay

    Watch the replay of the Sentinel-3B liftoff from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia
    Gaia data galore

    Gaia data galore

    Gaia has published its much awaited second data release, with high precision measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars
    ESA at ILA 2018

    ESA at ILA 2018

    ESA at the Berlin Air and Space Show 2018
    To Europe’s spaceport

    To Europe’s spaceport

    Meet our new space explorers as they begin their journey to Mercury …via Amsterdam airport and Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou
    Shake those wings

    Shake those wings

    Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Orion’s solar wings tested at ESA’s technical centre.
    Ion beam on

    Ion beam on

    Space Science Image of the Week: Supercomputer simulations show how plasma flows around the spacecraft when BepiColombo fires its ion thrusters
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