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Soyuz VS06, with Gaia space observatory, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, on 19 December…

Soyuz VS06, with Gaia space observatory, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, on 19 December…

Soyuz VS06, with Gaia space observatory, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, on 19 December…

Soyuz VS06, with Gaia space observatory, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, on 19 December…

Watch a replay of ESA's billion-star surveyor Gaia launching into space at 09:12UT/10:12CET on 19 December

ESA’s Gaia mission blasted off on 19 December 2013 on a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s Spaceport…

Watch the full replay of the launch coverage of ESA's billion-star surveyor Gaia. Liftoff occurred at…

Before being allowed into the vacuum chamber for a  vacuum test, and certainly before any further…

Valencia, Spain, seen from over 300 km above Earth by an astronaut on the International Space…

ESA's Gaia mission is set for lift off from Kourou to produce an unprecedented 3D map…