Not-so-evil twin: Our image of the week highlights the @ESAGaia engineering model, a hi-fidelity copy of critical avionics systems on the real spacecraft (now in orbit) that helps us test […]

Thanks! We post all of the images of the week on Flickr as well – the same captions are available in our Space in Images gallery on the website: https://t.co/KiQI9wh2b0 […]

This martian impact crater has been named after Professor Gerhard Neukum, one of the founders of our #Mars Express mission. https://t.co/z2QbC6KuIO pic.twitter.com/aEJxvrU6pE — ESA (@esa) January 18, 2018

Designed for agriculture and #forestry practices, @CopernicusEU #Sentinel2 has been providing data for 2 years and exceeding expectations. Find out more with #EarthFromSpace https://t.co/BPeFzjwPbT — ESA (@esa) January 18, 2018

Brilliant tour of the European Astronaut Centre and a huge honour to meet @astro_timpeake. More pics to come… https://t.co/GNux6wU9Cb pic.twitter.com/Wo6dkpCPez — Δ (alt-J) (@alt_J) January 17, 2018

It was at ESA HQ this morning. — ESA (@esa) January 17, 2018

We're celebrating 10 years of the European Columbus laboratory on 7 February! Stay tuned and follow #Columbus10years https://t.co/Px0oVR6bit pic.twitter.com/v2lMBqLUFH — ESA (@esa) January 17, 2018