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Operations image of the week: Teams at ESA’s mission control in intensive simulation training for Sentinel-1B liftoff To source

Decades of searching in the Milky Way’s nearby ‘twin’ galaxy Andromeda have finally paid off, with the discovery of an elusive breed of stellar corpse, a neutron star, by ESA’s XMM-Newton space telescope. To source

Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Iceberg seen from International Space Station To source

Technology image of the week: this spiky foam absorbs sound as well as radio waves, helping to simulate space conditions for satellite testing To source

Our week through the lens: 21-25 March 2016 To source

Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2A image of the Etosha salt pan, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source

Operations image of the week: A team of teams at ESA’s operations centre assumes control of humanity’s next mission to the Red Planet To source

Nestled within the fractured rim of a vast impact basin on Mars are valley floors dusted in frost. To source

Following a spectacular liftoff, ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is performing flawlessly en route to the Red Planet. To source

Technology image of the week: ESA’s new microvibration machine can measure the forces imparted by a single dropped feather To source

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Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Last sunlit lunch in solitude at Concordia research station in Antarctica To source

The second Sentinel-1 satellite, Sentinel-1B, is set for launch on 22 April. Discover more about the constellation and ‘radar vision’ for Copernicus To source