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Operations image of the week: A debris impact chip in a Space Station window illustrates the risk presented by space debris

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was welcomed at the ESA Astronaut Centre by DG Jan Woerner and Alexander Gerst

Operations Image of the week: Mission controllers gather for next week’s Galileo launch

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst has been assigned a new mission to the International Space Station, where he will fulfil the role of commander during the second part of his six-month mission in 2018. 

Images from Sentinel-2A over the last five months have been used to create a remarkable cloud-free view of Africa

Technology image of the week: this Lego model of Europe’s ExoMars 2020 rover on its lander is a tool, being used by robotics engineers during an ‘egress’ test campaign

Video briefing on the next Galileo launch on 24 May, including views of the satellites and an interview with ESA’s Navigation Director Paul Verhoef

ESA and London’s Science Museum are working with leading fashion schools around Europe to design clothes for the space age with Couture in Orbit

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: The International Space Station has now circled Earth 100 000 times

Space science image of the week: A fault cuts through an ancient crater on Mars

Our week through the lens:
9-13 May 2016

Together with the London Science Museum and top European fashion schools, ESA is harnessing next-generation technology and exploring the future of fashion 

Presented at this week’s Living Planet Symposium, this image shows how the Sentinel-5P satellite will improve air-quality forecasts