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    Operations image of the week: For ESA's flight dynamics team, a simple, low-tech white board is a good way to track the progress of aerobraking manoeuvres at Mars
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    Technology image of the week: This test parachute deployed at supersonic velocity, demonstrating Europe’s capability to land safely from space
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    A complex coordinated ‘dance’ between ESA and NASA deep-space tracking stations is following the international Cassini orbiter during its Grand Finale, 1.2 billion km away
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    Space Science Image of the Week: Presenting the latest design of our Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice
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    No, Vesuvius is not erupting, but the wooded slopes of this iconic volcano are being ravaged by wildfires, as seen from space by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission
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