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  • ESA's Test-Bed Telescope 2, located at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, looks out over the Atacama Desert at sunset.
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    ESA's Test-Bed Telescope 2, located at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, looks out over the Atacama Desert at sunset.
    Pretty in pink, the Test-Bed Telescope 2, located at ESOÕs La Silla Observatory in Chile, looks out over the Atacama Desert at sunset. The Moon can be seen rising in the left of the image.

    Credit: ESA / eyevine

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    Comet NEOWISE
    Comet NEOWISE, or C/2020 F3, as observed from Flein, Germany on 12 July 2020.

    Discovered in March 2020, Comet NEOWISE became visible to the naked eye in July, gifting observers in the northern hemisphere with one of the most scenic comets in over 20 years. The comet, which is on an almost parabolic orbit and had its closest approach to the Sun, or perihelion, in early July, reaches its closest point to Earth on 22Ð23 July, before zipping back towards the outer Solar System.Credit: ESA / eyevine

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    Neowise comet
    Objects in the night.

    Skygazers across the Northern Hemisphere are being treated to stunning views of comet NEOWISE as it streaks past Earth. Amateur astrophotographer Javier Manteca got a bonus: the International Space Station and the comet are both seen transiting Madrid in this photo captured 11 July.

    Taken at dawn, the picture is a composition of 17 stacked images exposed every 2.5 seconds to form the skyline.

    Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE is named after NASAÕs Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission that discovered it in March 2020. The comet completed its perihelion, or closest pass of the Sun, on 3 July and is headed back out of our Solar System, not to return for another 6800 years.

    Comets are the icy remnants from the formation of the planets 4.6 billion years ago, prompting scientists to think of them as cosmic time capsules. Comets have distinctive tails caused by dust grains being swept away from the cometÕs nucleus.

    The comet's flyby of Earth is a rare opportunity to observe and collect data on these cosmic time capsules. Many spacecraft have observed the comet, including the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory as well as astronauts on board the International Space Station.

    ESAÕs comet chaser Rosetta trailed comet 67P/ChuryumovÐGerasimenko for two years before landing the Philae probe on its surface. The mission amassed a wealth of data that will be studied for years to come.

    As comet NEOWISE zooms past Earth at a comfortable (and safe) distance of 103 million kilometres, stargazers can catch more views of the comet through July. Consult Earth and Sky or Astronomy Now for times and positions.

    Credit: ESA / eyevine

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    Picture MUST credit : GalaXsea Project / Eugeni Quitllet

    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea3D printer which would mine for minerals on captured asteroids to use in the printing process

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    Picture MUST credit : GalaXsea Project / Eugeni Quitllet

    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea space hotel

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    Picture MUST credit : GalaXsea Project / Eugeni Quitllet

    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea space hotel

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

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    Picture MUST credit : GalaXsea Project / Eugeni Quitllet

    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea space hotel

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

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    Picture MUST credit : GalaXsea Project / Eugeni Quitllet

    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea space hotel

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

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    Picture MUST credit : GalaXsea Project / Eugeni Quitllet

    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea space hotel

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

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    Picture MUST credit : GalaXsea Project / Eugeni Quitllet

    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea3D printer which would mine for minerals on captured asteroids to use in the printing process

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

    (c) Dukas

     

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    Picture MUST credit : GalaXsea Project / Eugeni Quitllet

    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea space hotel

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

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  • FEATURE - Im GalaXsea-Hotel durchs All reisen
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    Picture MUST credit : GalaXsea Project / Eugeni Quitllet

    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea space hotel

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

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  • FEATURE - Im GalaXsea-Hotel durchs All reisen
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    Picture MUST credit : GalaXsea Project / Eugeni Quitllet

    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea space hotel

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

    (c) Dukas

     

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    Picture MUST credit : GalaXsea Project / Eugeni Quitllet

    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea space hotel

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

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    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea3D printer which would mine for minerals on captured asteroids to use in the printing process shown here

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

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    Picture MUST credit : GalaXsea Project / Eugeni Quitllet

    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea3D printer which would mine for minerals on captured asteroids to use in the printing process

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

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    Picture MUST credit : GalaXsea Project / Eugeni Quitllet

    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea3D printer which would mine for minerals on captured asteroids to use in the printing process

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

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    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea space hotel

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

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    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea3D printer which would mine for minerals on captured asteroids to use in the printing process

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

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    Picture MUST credit : GalaXsea Project / Eugeni Quitllet

    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea space hotel

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

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    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea space hotel

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    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea space hotel

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

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    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea space hotel

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    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea space hotel

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    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea space hotel

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    A plan for a future solar powered space hotel using 3D printed parts made while in orbit around the Earth, has been unveiled.The solar panels are arranged like sails on a sail boat.That gives the project its name GalaXsea, a name that plays with the words galaxy and sea.It was created by Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet.His idea would be to latch onto passing asteroids using a special craft.They would then be mined for previous minerals which would be used for the 3D printing process.The GalaXsea would welcome space visitors, artists, scientists and anyone wanting to be surrounded by beauty and get immersed in a unique spatial experience.The GalaXsea hotel would be a shell would be a 930 metres / 3,052 feet able to host 15,000 guests orbiting. The masts stand 1,000 metres tall.

    OPS: Rendering of the GalaXsea space hotel

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    Ries crater, Germany. The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over an area in southern Germany, where approximately 15 million years ago an asteroid crashed through Earth’s atmosphere. The high-speed impact formed what is now known as the Ries crater. Although difficult to spot at first in the image, the result of the impact is actually still visible today.

    With a diameter of 26 km, the rim of the crater can be seen as a semi-circle in the image, delineated by dark green forest to the south. The flat ‘crater floor’ is ideally suited for agricultural use and the corresponding fields mark the crater’s extent.

    The medieval town of Nördlingen was built in its depression. The historical centre, approximately 1 km wide, appears as a reddish circle, visible with its red rooftops surrounded by a wall.

    The asteroid was estimated to be travelling at 70 000 km per hour, and when it made impact with Earth, the high-speed force exposed the rock to intense pressure and heat, over 25 000°C. The impact led to the creation of over 70 000 tonnes of microscopic diamonds, each around 0.2 mm in size.

    Overlooked by the town’s inhabitants, the stone buildings were constructed almost entirely with diamond-encrusted rock. Details on the impact can be found in the well-known Rieskrater Museum in Nördlingen.

    For centuries, Nördlingen locals believed the town was built in the crater of a volcano. But in the 1960s two American scientists proved that the depression was, in fact, caused by a meteorite impact. Today, visitors around the world gather to marvel at this glittering town, also known as the backdrop to the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory film.

    Copernicus Sentinel-2 is a two-satellite mission. Each satellite carries a high-resolution camera that images Earth’s surface in 13 spectral bands. Data from Copernicus Sent (FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)

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    Arm out to asteroid.
    This robotic arm, moving along a 33-m-long track, forms ESA's GNC Rendezvous, Approach and Landing Simulator, used to simulate close approach to targets such as drifting satellites or asteroids.

    GRALS is part of the Agency's Orbital Robotics and Guidance, Navigation and Control Laboratory. It was recently used to try out a new GNC testbed system for improved high-fidelity testing of navigation cameras, processors and other hardware, developed with ASTOS Solutions GmbH in Germany, supported through ESAÕs General Support Technology Programme.Credit: ESA / eyevine

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    Rosetta¿s lander Philae has returned the first panoramic image from the surface of a comet. The view, unprocessed, as it has been captured by the CIVA-P imaging system, shows a 360º view around the point of final touchdown. The three feet of Philae¿s landing gear can be seen in some of the frames. Confirmation of Philae¿s touchdown on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov¿Gerasimenko arrived on Earth at 16:03 GMT/17:03 CET on 12 November.
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  • Welcome to a Comet, from Lander on Surface
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    Welcome to a Comet, from Lander on Surface
    The Philae lander of the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission is safely on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as these first two images from the lander's CIVA camera confirm. One of the lander¿s three feet can be seen in the foreground. The view is a two-image mosaic taken on Nov. 12, 2014. The lander separated from the orbiter at 09:03 UTC (1:03 a.m. PST) for touch down on comet 67P seven hours later. Rosetta and Philae had been riding through space together for more than 10 years. Philae is the first probe to achieve soft landing on a comet, and Rosetta is the first to rendezvous with a comet and follow it around the sun. The information collected by Philae at one location on the surface will complement that collected by the Rosetta orbiter for the entire comet. Rosetta is a European Space Agency mission with contributions from its member states and NASA. Rosetta's Philae lander is provided by a consortium led by the German Aerospace Center, Cologne; Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Gottingen; French National Space Agency, Paris; and the Italian Space Agency, Rome. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the U.S. participation in the Rosetta mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Rosetta carries three NASA instruments in its 21-instrument payload.
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  • European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet. Esa's Rosetta satellite will despatch its piggybacked Philae probe to the surface of the "ice mountain" known as 67P.
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    European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet. Esa's Rosetta satellite will despatch its piggybacked Philae probe to the surface of the "ice mountain" known as 67P.
    European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet. This dramatic view along the horizon highlights several relatively smooth, flat-topped plateaus that stand above the rugged surface on the larger lobe of Comet 67P/ChuryumovÐGerasimenko. But their flat tops betray the scars of the walls just below, extensively criss-crossed with fracture-like features. At their bases lies plentiful rubble, perhaps once originating from the cliff faces, having crumbled away under the erosive forces at work on the comet.
    Comet ChuryumovÐGerasimenko, officially designated 67P/ChuryumovÐGerasimenko and sometimes shortened to 67P/CÐG, is a comet with a current orbital period of 6.45 years and a rotation period of approximately 12.4 hours. It will next come to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 13 August 2015. Like all comets, it is named after its discoverers, Klim Ivanovych Churyumov and Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko, who first observed it on photographic plates in 1969.
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  • European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet. Esa's Rosetta satellite will despatch its piggybacked Philae probe to the surface of the "ice mountain" known as 67P.
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    European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet. Esa's Rosetta satellite will despatch its piggybacked Philae probe to the surface of the "ice mountain" known as 67P.
    European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet. This scene features the boulder named Cheops, the largest and brightest boulder towards the top left of the image. It measures about 45 m across and 25 m high. Cheops and the surrounding cluster of boulders reminded scientists of the famous pyramids at Giza near Cairo in Egypt, and so it was named for the largest of those pyramids, the Great Pyramid, which was built as a tomb for the pharaoh Cheops around 2550 BC.

    Another large boulder lies towards the bottom of this frame and is surrounded by many smaller boulders that seem to be appearing from beneath the smooth, dusty material that dominates this scene. The smooth region extends to the top right of this frame, where rougher terrain appears to be exposed beneath it.
    Comet ChuryumovÐGerasimenko, officially designated 67P/ChuryumovÐGerasimenko and sometimes shortened to 67P/CÐG, is a comet with a current orbital period of 6.45 years and a rotation period of approximately 12.4 hours. It will next come to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 13 August 2015. Like all comets, it is named after its discoverers, Klim Ivanovych Churyumov and Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko, who first observed it on photographic plates in 1969.
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  • European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet. Esa's Rosetta satellite will despatch its piggybacked Philae probe to the surface of the "ice mountain" known as 67P.
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    European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet. Esa's Rosetta satellite will despatch its piggybacked Philae probe to the surface of the "ice mountain" known as 67P.
    European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet. This image showcases one of the many pits seen on the surface of 67P/ChuryumovÐGerasimenko. Pits like these are thought to be where gas vents into space from the porous subsurface, carrying with it dusty grains of comet material. Scientists are keen to learn the role of this pit Ð and others Ð in the development of the cometÕs activity, as it gets ever closer to the Sun.

    Comet ChuryumovÐGerasimenko, officially designated 67P/ChuryumovÐGerasimenko and sometimes shortened to 67P/CÐG, is a comet with a current orbital period of 6.45 years and a rotation period of approximately 12.4 hours. It will next come to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 13 August 2015. Like all comets, it is named after its discoverers, Klim Ivanovych Churyumov and Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko, who first observed it on photographic plates in 1969.


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  • European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet. Esa's Rosetta satellite will despatch its piggybacked Philae probe to the surface of the "ice mountain" known as 67P.
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    European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet. Esa's Rosetta satellite will despatch its piggybacked Philae probe to the surface of the "ice mountain" known as 67P.
    European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet. This view looks from the smaller of Comet 67P/ChuryumovÐGerasimenkoÕs two lobes (foreground in lower left) over to the larger lobe, which occupies most of the frame and which is dominated by rubble-filled depressions. One, just to the right of centre in the lower part of the image, has a near-circular appearance. It is expected that some circular pits on the comet are associated with the source of activity, perhaps as gas vents from the cometÕs porous interior. Whether this is such a feature is yet to be confirmed.
    Comet ChuryumovÐGerasimenko, officially designated 67P/ChuryumovÐGerasimenko and sometimes shortened to 67P/CÐG, is a comet with a current orbital period of 6.45 years and a rotation period of approximately 12.4 hours. It will next come to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 13 August 2015. Like all comets, it is named after its discoverers, Klim Ivanovych Churyumov and Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko, who first observed it on photographic plates in 1969.
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  • European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet. Esa's Rosetta satellite will despatch its piggybacked Philae probe to the surface of the "ice mountain" known as 67P.
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    European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet. Esa's Rosetta satellite will despatch its piggybacked Philae probe to the surface of the "ice mountain" known as 67P.
    European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet. This unusual view takes a side-on look down the smaller lobe of Comet 67P/ChuryumovÐGerasimenko and onto the smoother terrain of the ÔneckÕ region. In the background, cliffs of the cometÕs large lobe rise from the shadows, adding to the dramatic feel to this image.
    Comet ChuryumovÐGerasimenko, officially designated 67P/ChuryumovÐGerasimenko and sometimes shortened to 67P/CÐG, is a comet with a current orbital period of 6.45 years and a rotation period of approximately 12.4 hours. It will next come to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 13 August 2015. Like all comets, it is named after its discoverers, Klim Ivanovych Churyumov and Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko, who first observed it on photographic plates in 1969.
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  • European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet. Esa's Rosetta satellite will despatch its piggybacked Philae probe to the surface of the "ice mountain" known as 67P.
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    European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet. Esa's Rosetta satellite will despatch its piggybacked Philae probe to the surface of the "ice mountain" known as 67P.
    European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet. In this scene from the large lobe of Comet 67P/ChuryumovÐGerasimenko, sets of long, parallel grooves and ridges in the foreground draw the eye up to a block of layered material (appearing as vertically stacked layers in this orientation) in the centre of the frame. This ridge traces up to a peak in the distance, through a cascade of boulders. To the left, flat-topped steps contrast against a ÔpinnacleÕ seen against the horizon. To the right, a patch of brighter material lies crumbled at the base of a steep wall Ð perhaps signalling material that has been freshly exposed.
    Comet ChuryumovÐGerasimenko, officially designated 67P/ChuryumovÐGerasimenko and sometimes shortened to 67P/CÐG, is a comet with a current orbital period of 6.45 years and a rotation period of approximately 12.4 hours. It will next come to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 13 August 2015. Like all comets, it is named after its discoverers, Klim Ivanovych Churyumov and Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko, who first observed it on photographic plates in 1969.
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