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    Tune in Saturday 20 July to watch the launch of Luca Parmitano to the International Space Station live from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
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    Hasselblad cameras are synonymous with the Apollo missions. We visited Gothenburg to find out how a Swedish camera made it to the Moon.
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    ESA microchip on Moon

    Technology image of the week: China’s Chang’e-4 mission on the far side of the Moon is employing an ESA-backed LEON microprocessor
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    Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface, taken by Neil Armstrong after Apollo 11 Moon landing
    Apollo 11 launch pad

    Apollo 11 launch pad

    Celebrating 50 years since Apollo 11 blasted off carrying the first humans that would walk on the Moon, Copernicus Sentinel-2 captures this historic launch site
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    Lunar eclipse

    Space Science Image of the Week: ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft captured this view of a lunar eclipse on its way to the Moon in 2004
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    We're counting down the days to ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano's second mission to the ISS. The Beyond collection is now available in the ESA Space Shop!
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    Find out what's on the table at Space19+ where ESA Member States will take decisions on the future of Europe in space
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