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Technology image of the week: radio testing of the world’s first CubeSat designed for atmospheric reentry To source

After a year-long wait in storage for a Proton rocket to become available, the EDRS-A laser communications payload and its Eutelsat host satellite are finally at the Baikonur cosmodrome and being prepared for launch in late January. To source

Discover more about the importance of soil moisture as an Essential Climate Variable to understand our changing world To source

Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: ESA astronaut Tim Peake tries out his pressure suit and seat for 15 December launch To source

The final approach to an asteroid has been practised for ESA’s proposed Asteroid Impact Mission using a real spacecraft camera mounted on a robot arm. To source

A new video shows Galileos 11 and 12 being readied for their 17 December launch, concluding a year when the number of satellites in orbit will have doubled To source

Discover more about the importance of sea level as an Essential Climate Variable to understand our changing world To source

Space Science Image of the Week: SOHO is still going strong after two decades in space, sending back impressive images of the Sun and its varying bursts of activity To source

Discover more about the importance of glaciers as an Essential Climate Variable to understand our changing world To source

Our week through the lens: 30 November – 4 December 2015 To source

Get ready, set, go! As the thousands of runners start the London Marathon in April, ESA astronaut Tim Peake will run the full 42 km distance on a treadmill aboard the International Space Station. To source

Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-1A mosaic of the Netherlands, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source

The story so far of the second Copernicus satellite and what it will do next To source