Technology image of the week: radio testing of the world’s first CubeSat designed for atmospheric reentry
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CubeSat calling
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EDRS-A and its laser are ready to fly
After a year-long wait in storage for a Proton rocket to become available, the EDRS-A laser communications payload and its Eutelsat host satellite are finally at the Baikonur cosmodrome and being prepared for launch in late January.
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Talking climate
Discover more about the importance of soil moisture as an Essential Climate Variable to understand our changing world -
Launch positions
Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: ESA astronaut Tim Peake tries out his pressure suit and seat for 15 December launch -
Robot arm simulates close approach of ESA’s asteroid mission
The final approach to an asteroid has been practised for ESA’s proposed Asteroid Impact Mission using a real spacecraft camera mounted on a robot arm.
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Galileo taking shape
A new video shows Galileos 11 and 12 being readied for their 17 December launch, concluding a year when the number of satellites in orbit will have doubled -
Talking climate
Discover more about the importance of sea level as an Essential Climate Variable to understand our changing world -
Artificial eclipse
Space Science Image of the Week: SOHO is still going strong after two decades in space, sending back impressive images of the Sun and its varying bursts of activity -
Talking climate
Discover more about the importance of glaciers as an Essential Climate Variable to understand our changing world -
Tim Peake to run London marathon from space
Get ready, set, go! As the thousands of runners start the London Marathon in April, ESA astronaut Tim Peake will run the full 42 km distance on a treadmill aboard the International Space Station.
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Dutch mosaic
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-1A mosaic of the Netherlands, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme
