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The @esaspaceflight #ImageOfTheWeek takes us back to 2007 and pre-launch testing of the 'racks' that make Columbus a world-class laboratory #Columbus10Years https://t.co/4cybqJW9Sc pic.twitter.com/IciWvKNrds — ESA (@esa) January 30, 2018

#Columbus10years: The November 1988 issue of the #ESA #Bulletin, featured a history of the Columbus programme, itself now 30 years old! Note the 'original' Columbus project logo on the cover! […]

If you live in #Italy or if you vacationed there last summer chances are you remember the severe drought that hit the 'boot'. Here's how the #drought looked from #space: […]

14 times 13 @esa astronauts visited the ISS with Columbus and conducted valuable experiments in the laboratory. Which astronaut visited twice 🚀? #Columbus10years pic.twitter.com/iBj9X1r1tG — Airbus Space (@AirbusSpace) January 30, […]

The dual deployment scenario – as already used for Ariane 5 and Vega – is described here: https://t.co/FLZ6reMVvF — ESA (@esa) January 30, 2018

Video: See how the new #Ariane6 launch pad is taking shape at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana https://t.co/fNuFKkFTaD — ESA (@esa) January 30, 2018

Why is Venus so different from Earth? To help find out, Japan launched the robotic Akatsuki spacecraft which entered orbit around Venus late in 2015 after an unplanned five-year adventure […]