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The ExoMars rover has a brand new control centre in one of Europe’s largest Mars yards. The Rover Operations Control Centre (ROCC) was inaugurated today in Turin, Italy, ahead of the rover’s exploration adventure on the Red Planet in 2021. To source

Technology image of the week: this low pressure, low temperature ‘dirty’ wind tunnel at Denmark’s Aarhus University is designed to simulate the dusty surface of the Red Planet To source

The miniature science laboratory that will analyse Mars soil for signs of life is packed onboard the ExoMars rover To source

Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Cooking martian soil in the search for life. To source

From disrupted biological clocks to radiation and contamination hazards, Europe is running experiments on the International Space Station to take human exploration one step closer to Mars. To source

The 9th high-level EU/ESA Space Council, with the theme ‘Space as an enabler’, will take place on Tuesday, 28 May. Watch the press conference live from 11:15 GMT (13:15 CEST) To source

Space Science Image of the Week: These filters for the ExoMars rover cameras will give us our science eyes on Mars To source

Europe has been in orbit around Mars for more than 15 years and is almost a year away from launching its first rover mission, but ambitions are already running high to go one step further: returning a sample from the Red Planet. To source

Space cameras to monitor the deployment of satellites and check the health of spacecraft will be developed under the Pioneer-IODA project by Micro-Cameras and Space Exploration based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. To source

Our week through the lens: 20 – 24 May 2019 To source

Celebrating a century of gravity experiments since the first test that proved Einstein’s theory during a solar eclipse on 29 May 1919 To source

In this week’s edition, explore part of western Pakistan with Copernicus Sentinel-2 To source

The International Space Station will host the most precise clocks ever to leave Earth. Accurate to a second in 300 million years the clocks will push the measurement of time to test the limits of the theory of relativity and our understanding of gravity. To source