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Inspector Smile, chapter 3: the countdown begins

Vega-C with Smile inside its mobile hangar on the launch pad

The DFP-A instruments built for the Comet Interceptor mission

Mars Express visits Shalbatana Vallis on Mars

Bird’s-eye view of a small chaotic area in Shalbatana Vallis

A view from above: Shalbatana Vallis on Mars

Mars’s Shalbatana Vallis in 3D

Topographic map of Shalbatana Vallis on Mars

Where on Mars is Shalbatana Vallis?

Inspector Smile, chapter 2: she’s ready

Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander

CESAR solar eclipses educational kit (cover image)

Smile arrives at the Vega-C launch pad

Smile lifted into place

Vega-C complete with Smile inside

Messier 77 (MIRI + NIRCam)

Messier 77 (NIRCam)

A beacon of light in swirls of dust

Sensitive and sturdy

Star-forming regions in M51

Location of star-forming region in M51

Star-forming region in M51 (close-up)

Nearby star-forming FEAST galaxies

Virtual Reality on the International Space Station

Virtual reality combined with an exoskeleton

Extended reality at ESA

Solar and lunar eclipses

Solar eclipse

Lunar eclipse

Total solar eclipse

Annular solar eclipse

Partial solar eclipse

Types of solar eclipse

Total solar eclipse 12 August 2026 – Global map

Total solar eclipse 12 August 2026 – Map of totality in Spain

Annular solar eclipse 26 January 2028 – Global map

Annular solar eclipse 26 January 2028 – Map of annularity in Spain

Total solar eclipse 2 August 2027 – Global map

Total solar eclipse 2 August 2027 – Map of totality in Spain

2026–2028 solar eclipses crossing Spain (clean version)

2026–2028 solar eclipses crossing Spain

The great parachute bake-out

Starry spiral in a familiar neighbourhood

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