Additional Gaia calibration images released
Four additional images, taken as part of Gaia calibration and testing, have been released by ESA.
Gaia UK news
Gaia at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition
The Gaia team have a confirmed exhibition space at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition which takes place in central London during the first week of July 2014.
Comparison of Gaia NGC 1818 test image with OGLE-IV image of the cluster
A cross-match of Gaia test NGC 1818 image with OGLE-IV image of the same area was carried out by Łukasz Wyrzykowski, a member of OGLE and Gaia teams.
Gaia comes into focus
ESA’s billion-star surveyor Gaia is slowly being brought into focus. The test image released today by ESA shows a dense cluster of stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.
Gaia reaches its operational orbit
On 14 January 2014, following a short thruster burn just after 15:30 GMT (16:30 CET), Gaia reached its operational Lissajous orbit around L2.
Stargazing Live 2014
Gaia will be featured in Episode 3 of BBC Two's Stargazing Live 2014 on 9 January.
First video of Gaia seen in space
This video of Gaia was captured last night by Nick James, based in the UK. According to the information published on Gaia blog, the video was acquired by Nick at about 01:00 GMT this morning in Chelmsford.
First images of Gaia on her way
The first images of Gaia on her journey are available.
Gaia launched!
Gaia was launched today at 09:12:19 UTC from the European Spaceport in Kourou in French Guiana.
ESA unveils Gaia fairing logo
ESA has unveiled Gaia logo which be put on the launcher fairing.
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