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    Sea of sand

    Earth observation image of the week: the expansive Rub’ al Khali desert on the southern Arabian Peninsula, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme
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    ATV set loose

    Watch from close by as ATV-5 separates from the Ariane 5 rocket that took it into orbit
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    Full ATV-5 launch replay

    Watch the full launch and lead-up to the Ariane 5 launch with ESA's last Automated Transfer Vehicle
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    Astonishing images from the ATV-5 launch
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    ATV-5 enroute to Station

    PR N° 22-2014: Last ATV lifts off to supply the Space Station
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    Replay ATV-5 liftoff

    Watch the launch of ESA's last Automated Transfer Vehicle – now enroute to the International Space Station
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    Fabulous fables and tales of tails: Rosetta and Philae learn about the history of comets from their grandfather, Giotto
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    Closer and closer

    Postcards from space as Rosetta draws closer to its destination comet
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    Sentinel-1A captured this radar image of the Costa Concordia cruise ship as it was being towed toward Genoa at the weekend
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