Gaia in the UK

Gaia UK news

Gaia was launched today at 09:12:19 UTC from the European Spaceport in Kourou in French Guiana.

ESA has unveiled Gaia logo which be put on the launcher fairing.

Gaia pre-launch press conference will be held in the lecture theatre at Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) in London on Tuesday 26 November.

"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.

An article about Gaia with the focus on the technology: Gaia: the cosmic camera that will chart a billion stars".

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