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The international SOHO solar observatory has discovered its 3000th comet To source

Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Andreas Mogensen returns to Earth after completing his iriss mission To source

ESA invites university students around the world to compete in designing a mission scenario for the next step in space exploration: a human–robotic partnership for exploring the Moon To source

Will CarbonSat or FLEX be ESA’s next Earth Explorer mission? Follow discussions at the User Consultation Meeting on 15–16 September To source

Space science image of the week: ESA’s Sun-watching Proba-2 satellite experienced three partial solar eclipses yesterday To source

Replay of Soyuz spaceraft landing in the Kazakh steppe after 10 days in space for ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen To source

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Soyuz spacecraft commander Gennady Padalka and Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov landed this morning at 00:51 GMT (02:51 CEST 12 September) in the steppe of Kazakhstan, marking the end of their missions to the International Space Station. To source

Our week through the lens: 7-11 September 2015 To source

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is proving to be an expert space driver after commanding two rovers from space this week. As part of ESA’s Meteron project, Andreas drove a second, car-sized rover from the International Space Station to repair a mockup lunar base in the Netherlands. To source

The Hubble Space Telescope has found a giant galaxy cluster with a huge galaxy at its core that is bursting with new stars To source

Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2 image of agricultural structures in Italy, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source

Full replay of the first part of the launch transmission for Galileo satellites 9 and 10 To source

Europe’s own satellite navigation system has come a step nearer to completion today, with Galileo 9 and 10 which lifted off together at 02:08 GMT on 11 September (04:08 CEST; 23:08 local time, 10 September) from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, atop a Soyuz launcher. To source