Our week through the lens:
1-5 February 2016
Category: News
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Colours of Sweden
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-1A image of the Siljan Ring, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme -
Looking up down under
Operations image of the week: #SocialSpaceWA – ESA’s first-ever social media event down under – happens at the New Norcia deep-space tracking station, Western Australia, next week -
Inside Rosetta’s comet
There are no large caverns inside Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. ESA’s Rosetta mission has made measurements that clearly demonstrate this, solving a long-standing mystery.
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Sentinel-3A fully tanked
With the launch of Sentinel-3A confirmed for 16 February, preparations for liftoff are charging full speed ahead. The tricky task of fuelling the satellite has now been ticked off the ‘to do list’ and the propulsion team is already decontaminating their equipment before returning home.
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Seeing wood for the trees
Technology image of the week: a commercial forest seen through the ‘eyes’ of a 3D laser scanning system -
London nightlife
Human spaceflight and robotic operations image of the week: the capital of the United Kingdom at midnight on a Saturday seen from 400 km above -
Galileo signals covering more of the sky
Europe’s ninth and tenth Galileo satellites have started broadcasting working navigation messages.
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World Wetlands Day
2 February marks World Wetlands Day. Discover some of Earth’s most important wetlands seen from 800 km high -
Heads up for Asteroid Day
ESA is teaming up with the organisers of Asteroid Day 2016, scheduled for 30 June -
Unearthly Beauty
Space science image of the week: A fragile-looking rectangular shape is revealed to be a dying star
