While it was getting ready to power down its Gaia spacecraft, the European Space Agency encountered some unusual resistance.

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The last commands have been sent to the ESA's Gaia satellite and, after a dozen years scanning the galaxy, the spacecraft is ...

After more than a decade of charting the stars with extraordinary precision, the Gaia spacecraft has completed its mission.

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After over a decade of stellar service, ESA’s Gaia spacecraft has been retired – but its legacy is just beginning. From ...

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Europe's star-mapping Gaia space observatory has entered its retirement orbit, after gathering valuable cosmic data for more ...

The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it ...

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