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Stanislav Barabash

Colin Pillinger

Sun-like star and Jupiter-like planet, similar to our own Solar System

Planet Mercury

Mercury - the closest planet to the Sun

Mercury will pass in front of the Sun

Mercury - the closest planet to the Sun

Microquasar GRO J1655-40

Black hole

Close-up of the black-hole system GRO J1655-40

Region around black-hole system GRO J1655-40

Constellation Scorpius

Constellation Scorpius with Digitized Sky Survey insert

Black-hole system GRO J1655-40 in Scorpius

Black hole hurtling across the plane of the Milky Way

Vue d'artiste d'un trou noir

A black hole and companion star with supernova

SMART-1 integration with the launcher

SMART-1 integrated on its launcher, showing how small the spacecraft is

Integration of SMART-1 with the launcher

Integration of SMART-1 with the launcher

Integration of SMART-1 with the launcher

Integration of SMART-1 witht the launcher

Testing the Pulmonary Function System

Human subject during the 34th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign

Floating during the 34th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign

Flame experiment during the 34th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign

Integral's eccentric orbit

The Boomerang Nebula - the coolest place in the Universe?

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

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