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 UK news
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.
Gaia pre-launch press conference
Gaia pre-launch press conference will be held in the lecture theatre at Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) in London on Tuesday 26 November.
Gaia featured on BBC News website
"Gaia: The 'impossible space mission' ready to fly" by BBC science correspondent, Jonathan Amos, features interviews with Prof Gerry Gilmore and the mission's project manager, Giuseppe Sarri.
Article about Gaia in The Engineer
An article about Gaia with the focus on the technology: Gaia: the cosmic camera that will chart a billion stars".
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