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    Watch today's hot firing of the P120C solid rocket motor at Europe’s Spaceport, proving its flight-worthiness for use on Vega-C next year and on Ariane 6 from 2020
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    UK Prime Minister Theresa May in Spacezone, FIA 2018
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    ESA at the Farnborough International Airshow on 16–20 July in the Space Zone in Hall 1
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    Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Moon and Mars seen from the International Space Station
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    Space Science Image of the Week: It may look like noise or static, but every single point in this image is a galaxy seen by ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory
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    A timelapse flight from the International Space Station taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst
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    In this week's edition, Sentinel-3 takes us over eastern China
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