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View of the whole Moon seen from Earth

Telescopic view of the whole Moon seen from Earth

Early map of the Moon

Earth-Moon system

Was our Moon once part of Earth?

Close-up view of SMART-1's stationary plasma thruster

SMART-1 sends information back to Earth

SMART-1's image of the Aitkin Basin on the Moon

SMART-1 scanning the Moon's surface

Artist's impression of Rosetta with Earth in the background

Giotto's art shows a comet in the background

Winning image of the Rosetta children's competition

Winning image of the Rosetta children's competition

Rosetta's lander on a comet's surface

Rosetta's lander on a comet's surface

Rosetta's lander on a comet's surface

Rosetta spacecraft

Rosetta: ESA's comet chaser

Comet Wirtanen

Asteroids come in many shapes and sizes

Comet Linear's path

Comet Linear

Are chemical compounds linked to life present in space?

Artist's concept of SMART-2 highlighting the 'LISA' side

Ulysses

Technicians at work on Ulysses in the test centre

Technicians at work on Ulysses in the test centre

Artist's impression of Ulysses

Signing of the agreement between DSRI and ESA

Artist's impression of Planck

Planck's mirror, shields, service module, and solar array

Planck's primary mirror

What happens near a black hole?

SMART-2 will test systems for accurate formation flying

The satellite is centred on the free floating cube

The sensor detects changes

Trajectory of the free-floating cube

The core of the USA Technology Package

Final tests for Mars Express and Beagle-2 in Baikonur

Mars Express on the way to Mars

Martian poles and cloud cover

Beagle 2 lander is ejected from the Mars Express orbiter

Beagle 2 lander leaving the Mars Express orbiter

Beagle 2 lander leaving the Mars Express orbiter

Artist's impression of Fregat carrying two Cluster spacecraft into orbit

Fregat upper stage diagram

Launch vehicle rollout

Soyuz/Cluster on its launch pad

Soyuz launcher on the launch pad

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