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Sombrero Galaxy (NIRCam image)

Testing Smile’s solar arrays

Smile on the scales

Smile on the shaker

Preparing Smile for electromagnetic compatibility tests

Mars star

Ignis launch kit cover

Milky Way and Andromeda encounters

Milky Way and Andromeda encounters

Paired pinwheel seen solo

Broadcast of Apollo 11 moonwalk

Team for Moon videos

Photos for the Moon

Moon selfie

Moon shot

The astronaut and the Moon camera

Simulated moonwalk shot

Running for the Ampu-T2 experiment

Running on treadmill during parabolic flight

Parabolic flight campaign for Fly!

A glimpse of the distant past by Webb

Plato’s artist impression, front view

Plato’s artist impression

Plato’s artist impression, view from below

A spiral so inclined

Space training team – Astronaut Training Database (ATD)

Streaks on Mars

Capturing candyfloss clouds

On 3 May, the fully assembled Orion spacecraft for Artemis II began its journey to the Multi-Payload Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The spacecraft is shown in transport, with its protective fairing panels clearly visible and proudly bearing the ESA and NASA logos.

Titan (Webb image - 11 July 2023)

Titan (Webb and Keck image - 11 and 14 July 2023)

Close-up observations of auroras on Jupiter (December 2023)

Pullout of aurora observations on Jupiter

Blackout in Andalusia

Face to face with a spiral’s arms

Green is black

Night-time light emissions during blackout in Spain and Portugal

Hubble observes new tidal disruption event (January 2025 image)

Gripping exploration

Plato’s service module as it is being assembled

Plato’s 24 newly installed cameras – side view

Plato’s 24 newly installed cameras

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