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A spacecraft tool is now improving car safety by stress-testing many of the internal computer systems to be sure they work well when the car is on the road.

Europe’s latest pair of Galileo satellites has passed its initial check out in space, allowing control to be handed over to the main control centre and join the growing fleet.

Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2 satellite image of Athens and surroundings, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme

Technology image of the week: thousands of visitors will soon be headed this way to ESA’s technical heart

Today, ESA celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Agency’s ground station network, the indispensable link to spacecraft that are helping us to learn about our planet, our Solar System and our Universe.

The winning entry in the #Estrack40 audio contest is now the official theme music for ESA’s ground station network

ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has provided evidence for a daily water-ice cycle on and near the surface of comets.

Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: ESA’s deep-space tracking station at New Norcia, Western Australia, in 3D #estrack40

The combination of two Sentinel-1A radar scans shows how the ground shifted as a result of Chile’s 16 September earthquake

A problem recently discovered in two sensors in the propulsion system of the entry, descent and landing demonstrator module has prompted the recommendation to move the launch of the ExoMars 2016 mission, initially foreseen in January, to March, still within the launch window of early 2016.

Our week through the lens:
14-18 September 2015

Congratulations to the top 10 and the three prize winners in ESA’s #Estrack40 audio contest

Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2 image of Mississippi’s swamps, USA, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme