Gaia, European Space Agency
· 3dSaying farewell to Gaia, as the Milky Way-mapping space telescope mission ends
The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it continues to contribute to astronomy. As Gaia Mission Manager Uwe Lammers put it: “We will never forget Gaia, and Gaia will never forget us.”
On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut ...
NASA launched a new space telescope into orbit to explore the origins of the universe. The mission will use sophisticated ...
Astronomers are racing to protect the dark skies as private companies seek to place large advertisements in Earth orbit ...
They expressed particular concerns about future images from highly sensitive telescopes ... space debris will become an even bigger problem at these lower altitudes as the lower the orbit, the ...
Saturn is below Venus and very low in the predawn sky. In late April it is five degrees above the horizon. You may need ...
After more than a decade mapping out our home galaxy, the Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement orbit" around the Sun on Thursday, the European Space Agency said.
William Lucas, who has died aged 102, was the director of Nasa’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the ...
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