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    Our week through the lens:
    28 July - 01 August 2014
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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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    Watch the full launch and lead-up to the Ariane 5 launch with ESA's last Automated Transfer Vehicle
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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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