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    Join us Friday, 11 July, at 10:00 CEST for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme. This week features a Sentinel-1 radar image over Rio de Janeiro and the site of Sunday’s World Cup final
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    Technology image of the week: ESA’s Rosetta comet chaser is fast nearing its target. Here it is 12 years ago, undergoing testing for space
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    Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Super typhoon Neoguri’s 65 km-wide eye seen from the International Space Station
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