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Space science image of the week: Did Saturn’s rings form from a moon that broke apart?

With less than two months left aboard the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Tim Peake has been exceptionally busy with experiments and arriving spacecraft. Tonight, the third supply vessel for the space laboratory in three weeks will be launched and Tim will be at the helm to berth it on Sunday.

Our week through the lens:
4-8 April 2016

ESA astronaut Tim Peake shares the views from space and highlights of his Principia mission so far

A slideshow of ESA astronaut Tim Peake’s views of Europe at night from the International Space Station

On 22 April, Sentinel-1B is set to join its identical twin, Sentinel-1A, in orbit to provide more radar views of Earth for Copernicus – hear all about it

Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-1A image of the Bernese Alps, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme

The latest pair of navigation satellites has reached Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, beginning a new Galileo launch campaign, which will culminate in a launch on 24 May.

Since its launch six months ago, a satellite small enough to fit in an airline passenger’s carry-on bag has been tracking aircraft in flight across the entire globe.

Despite only being in orbit a matter of weeks, Sentinel-3A has already delivered some impressive first images. With the thermal-infrared channels now turned on, the satellite completes its set of firsts with a view of ocean features off the coast of Namibia.

Technology image of the week: Hawaii, home to Earth’s largest volcano, as imaged by Proba-V, among ESA’s smallest Earth-observing satellites

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Testing ways of taking samples from dusty, low-gravity moons and asteroids