Another busy year for @arianespace in 2017. The goal: 12 missions with our launcher family #Ariane5 #Soyuz #Vega pic.twitter.com/ciRp7vouCT — Stéphane Israël (@arianespaceceo) January 4, 2017

A year of records for #Arianespace (2): We launched 27 payloads, placing 61 tons in various types of orbits during 2016 pic.twitter.com/wPhXaKeSvI — Arianespace (@Arianespace) January 4, 2017

A year of records for #Arianespace (1): An #Ariane5 mission lofted 10.7tons to GTO, benefitting from the launcher’s increased payload lift pic.twitter.com/zeADvu6ltA — Arianespace (@Arianespace) January 4, 2017

Pilots and astronauts always need to stay alert & sleep with one eye open @ElectricGuest – Awake #songs4space https://t.co/BuoeVkyi0C — Thomas Pesquet (@Thom_astro) January 3, 2017

Embedded cumulonimbus clouds that pilots try to avoid. Flying 400 km above Earth we do not need to take any notice of them ✈️ ☁️ #Proxima pic.twitter.com/0MgN7hqKfq — Thomas Pesquet […]

Robotics work completes first part of station power upgrade. Pair of spacewalks scheduled to complete the work. https://t.co/MlHkujnleb pic.twitter.com/LtfaoJo7b3 — Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) January 3, 2017

@GCAstroOutreach noted! watch this space in 2017 — ESA (@esa) January 3, 2017

@Mad_Science_Guy @JAXA_en follow our @ESAcleanspace account for regular updates — ESA (@esa) January 3, 2017