Soyuz VS06, with Gaia space observatory, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, on 19 December…
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Gaia liftoff
Soyuz VS06, with Gaia space observatory, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, on 19 December…
Gaia liftoff
Soyuz VS06, with Gaia space observatory, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, on 19 December…
Gaia liftoff
Soyuz VS06, with Gaia space observatory, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, on 19 December…
Orlan and airlock operations exercise
Before being allowed into the vacuum chamber for a vacuum test, and certainly before any further…
Gaia launch – Lift-off
Watch a replay of ESA's billion-star surveyor Gaia launching into space at 09:12UT/10:12CET on 19 December
Gaia launch replay highlights
ESA’s Gaia mission blasted off on 19 December 2013 on a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s Spaceport…
Gaia launch – Full replay
Watch the full replay of the launch coverage of ESA's billion-star surveyor Gaia. Liftoff occurred at…
Valencia
Valencia, Spain, seen from over 300 km above Earth by an astronaut on the International Space…
3D printing, close up
Technology image of the week: Microscopic scan of 3D-printed titanium alloy created by laser melting