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ESA’s SMOS and two other satellites are together providing insight into how surface winds evolve under tropical storm clouds in the Pacific Ocean. This new information could to help predict extreme weather at sea. To source

Technology image of the week: Visitor centre Space Expo will be participating in Sunday’s ESTEC Open Day with a bargain admission offer To source

A unique portrait of ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen made for the Cupola observatory on the International Space Station by visual artist Vhils To source

Space science image of the week: A simulation of gravitational radiation rippling away from a pair of colliding black holes To source

Have you been exploring the International Space Station in our panoramic tour? Tell us what you think and how it could be improved To source

Read about ESA’s next astronaut mission: Tim Peake will be launched to the International Space Station on 15 December To source

Our week through the lens: 21-25 September 2015 To source

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. To source

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. To source

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

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