Busy start to the week preparing MARES machine for an experiment that studies how muscles deteriorate in microgravity #VITAmission pic.twitter.com/NMqZyUXuLf — Paolo Nespoli (@astro_paolo) August 2, 2017

#Vega lofts two satellites on second launch this year. https://t.co/bvgoAaZhnZ pic.twitter.com/1AHgKJ0fUW — ESA (@esa) August 2, 2017

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With liftoff accomplished, #Vega will deploy #OPTSAT-3000 and #Venµs over the course of a 1-hour, 37-minute flight sequence #VV10 pic.twitter.com/umS8M13hPm — Arianespace (@Arianespace) August 2, 2017

Liftoff #Vega #VV10 pic.twitter.com/feyLqzaA5c — ESA (@esa) August 2, 2017

LIVE Tune in now for the #Vega #VV10 launch! Liftoff at 01:58 GMT/03:58 CEST from Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana https://t.co/7lXYULrvpE — ESA (@esa) August 2, 2017

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In the Columbus training mockup at @ESA_EAC, learning one of the many trades astronauts need to be acquainted with: air conditioning repair. pic.twitter.com/tloqasneyV — David Saint-Jacques (@Astro_DavidS) August 1, 2017

Sight to behold as well – they move fast off the pad! — ESA (@esa) August 1, 2017