Zoom out of Stephan’s Quintet – Video

Credits: NASA, ESA and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team

STS-128 crew line up behind Discovery – Image

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Space Shuttle Discovery slows to a stop after landing at Edwards Air Force Base at the end of the STS-128 mission – Image

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Plentiful plankton – Image

Credits: ESA, 2009

ESA astronauts Frank De Winne and Christer Fuglesang participate in an inflight call with Swedish TV – Video

Credits: NASA TV

The International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery – Image

Credits: ESA/NASA

Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission – Video

Credits: ESA - AOES Medialab/Artbeats Digital Film Library/BBC

Proba-2 flies into its Russian launch site – Image

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Christer Fuglesang participates in the third STS-128 spacewalk – Image

Credits: NASA

ESA astronauts Frank De Winne (left) and Christer Fuglesang inside the International Space Station’s Quest Airlock – Image

Credits: NASA