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SirUlli Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 58 Credit: 28,048 RAC: 0 |
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY NEWS RELEASE Posted: July 6, 2004 One of the European Space Agency's most ambitious current projects has the aim of compiling the most precise map of one thousand million stars in our galaxy. Gaia, a spacecraft which will carry two of the most sensitive cameras ever made, is due to be launched in 2010. [/url] "I am convinced that human flight is possible and practical." -- Wilbur Wright, 1899 |
Guido_A_Waldenmeier_ Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 482 Credit: 4,774 RAC: 0 |
An exploded view of the Gaia satellite showing some of the system components [/url] [/url] |
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