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ESA is in partnership with top European fashion schools to harness next-generation technology and explore the future of fashion.  To source

ESA astronaut Tim Peake and his crewmates Yuri Malenchenko and Tim Kopra will return to Earth on 18 June, giving them almost two more weeks more in space than their original mission. Each International Space Station crew flies as a trio to the outpost and back to Earth in a Soyuz spacecraft. About every three […]

Our week through the lens: 25-29 April 2016 To source

Earth observation image of the week: A Sentinel-2A image of Namibia To source

Europe’s latest navigation satellites, launched last December, have been officially commissioned into the Galileo constellation, and are now broadcasting working navigation signals.  To source

Less than three days after it was launched, Sentinel-1B has delivered its first radar image of Earth To source

Launched on 25 April from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, Sentinel-1B has produced its first images only two hours after the radar was switched on – a record time for a space radar. To source

In a live space-to-ground test of human–robot cooperation, ESA astronaut Tim Peake will control a rover on Earth on Friday from the International Space Station, helping prepare for future exploration missions. To source

Following liftoff on 25 April from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, Sentinel-1B has opened its large solar wings and radar antenna. To source

Technology image of the week: the eerie blue exhaust trail of a T6 ion thruster, a quartet of which will transport BepiColombo towards the innermost planet To source

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Growing blood vessels in space – tissue culture ready for the International Space Station To source

Saturn’s largest moon is covered in seas and lakes of liquid hydrocarbons – and one sea has now been found to be filled with pure methane, with a seabed covered by a sludge of organic-rich material, and possibly surrounded by wetlands. To source

The 3 student Cubesats launched with Sentinel-1 on 25 April have phoned home. Follow their progress To source