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Darwin's telescopes look for Earth-like planets

Darwin's flotilla of telescopes look for Earth-like planets

Foam making experiment during the parabolic flight

Testing the Pulmonary Function System

A human subject during testing

Lander FM vibration test

Lander with legs deployed, shown during tests

Rosetta lander integrated on orbiter

Checking the sky for meteors

A Perseid meteor image, recorded by an ESA video image intensifier camera

Total solar eclipse seen in 1999

Two of the driving forces behind AVO

A rose blooming in space

Kiirunan luona sijaitsevan Esrangen tutkimusaseman maamerkki on kahdella suurella tutkakupolilla varustettu päärakennus

Will Huygens land or splashdown on Titan?

Ground testing of all payloads is an essential part of preparations

Payload assembly

Maxus 5 experiments were monitored from the ground station at Esrange

Video images were sent back to the ground station via telemetry

Preparing samples

Samples for one of the two biology experiments on Maxus 5

The payload package was returned to the ground station by helicopter

Maxus 5 will be launched using a Castor 4B rocket

Maxus 5 was successfully launched from the Esrange facility at Kiruna, northern Sweden

Hubble watches light echo from mysterious erupting star (December 2002 image)

Hubble watches light echo from mysterious erupting star (September 2002 image)

Hubble watches light echo from mysterious erupting star

Hubble watches light echo from mysterious erupting star (October 2002 image)

Hubble watches light echo from mysterious erupting star (May 2002 image)

Mars Express integration at Intespace facilities

Mars Express and Beagle 2 (in two containers) loaded on a truck

Cargo plane ready for departure

The three most visible elements of space weather

Sun-Earth day events

Space weather includes understanding the Sun-Earth connection

European astronomers observe first evaporating planet

European astronomers observe first evaporating planet

Physical fitness training for Andre Kuipers

Pedro Duque during training in the Soyuz simulator at Star City

Andre Kuipers in the Soyuz simulator at Star City

Physical fitness training for Pedro Duque

Andre Kuipers in the Soyuz simulator at Star City

Pedro Duque during Soyuz training at Star City

Andre Kuipers during training at Star City

Pedro Duque during training at Star City

Shuttle simulator training for Swedish ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang

Pedro Duque during training at Star City, with Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka

Workshop participants visited the full-sized Columbus model in the Erasmus User Centre

Teachers presented their national cirricula

Hard at work during the 'brown paper' session

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