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    New eyes on Mars

    New eyes on Mars

    A taste of what’s to come from ExoMars – first image of the Red Planet from the spacecraft’s new orbit
    ILA Berlin Day 1

    ILA Berlin Day 1

    Roundup of Day 1 at the Berlin Air and Space Show, 25 April 2018
    Sentinel-3B highlights

    Sentinel-3B highlights

    Watch the video capturing a little of what it took to prepare this latest Copernicus satellite for liftoff from the Plesetsk launch site in 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
    Life on a starship

    Life on a starship

    Technology image of the week: A group of students and researchers at TU Delft are designing a starship – with an ESA programme forming the basis of its life support
    Constellation complete

    Constellation complete

    Operations image of the week: Mission control watching closely as Europe’s latest Copernicus satellite, Sentinel-3B, comes alive
    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.
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