Technology image of the week: ESA’s award-winning aerospace-quality-plastic 3D printer, designed for use in weightless space
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Last week saw the installation of ESA’s next-generation life-support system on the International Space Station. The new facility recycles carbon dioxide in the air into water that can then be converted into oxygen reducing supplies sent from Earth by half.

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Space concerns everyone. It contributes to our lives on a daily basis and can help to solve some of humankind’s greatest challenges. Find out more, and how space affects you, with European Space Talks…

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Watch live launch coverage from 01:15 GMT on 20 October. Launch is scheduled for 01:45 GMT and acquisition of signal is expected around 02:25 GMT
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Space Science Image of the Week: a monitoring camera on the BepiColombo Mercury Transfer Module takes a test image during pre-launch preparations
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Find out how our three new space explorers, Bepi, Mio and MTM, have been preparing for their epic adventure to Mercury
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The international BepiColombo spacecraft will soon take flight, on a complex journey to the innermost planet of the Solar System, Mercury. Encompassing nine planetary flybys and travelling a total distance of nine billion km over a period of seven years, this will be one of the most intricate journeys ever flown by mission teams at ESA’s ESOC mission control centre.

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Technology image of the week: ESA Open Day visitors at the Agency’s ‘Mars Yard’, to view a replica of Europe’s ExoMars 2020 rover
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The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission returns images showing how oil is spreading in the Mediterranean Sea following a collision between two ships
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Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Alexander Gerst installing ESA’s next-generation life-support system on the Space Station
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