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Space Science Image of the Week: ESA’s Giotto made its historic flyby of Comet Halley 30 years ago To source

Watch ExoMars 2016 lift off into space, with launch build-up and commentary from mission experts To source

Watch ExoMars 2016 liftoff from Baikonur, Kazakhstan on a Proton rocket To source

ESA’s mission control conducted the dress rehearsal for the ExoMars launch today, an important final step in preparing the ground teams and systems for the 14 March departure to the Red Planet. To source

Video showing the rocket carrying the ExoMars 2016 spacecraft being rolled out to the launch pad To source

Our week through the lens: 7-11 March 2016 To source

Thirty years ago, Giotto met Comet Halley, inspiring an art competition for children To source

Updates from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as we count down to the launch of ExoMars 2016 on 14 March. To source

Space science and engineering education gets a new boost To source

Operations image of the week: In its first operational usage, ESA’s new tracking antenna in Australia followed Ariane’s launch yesterday, providing perfect contact To source

Watch live launch coverage on 14 March from 08:30 GMT. Launch is scheduled for 09:31 GMT and acquisition of signal is expected at 21:29 GMT To source

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Lightning captured by ESA astronaut Tim Peake To source

Technology image of the week: Tenerife, as imaged by ESA’s Proba-V minisatellite, is set to host the Big Data from Space conference To source