Gaia (spacecraft)
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Gaia is a retired space observatory of the European Space Agency that was launched in 2013 and operated until March 2025. The spacecraft was designed for astrometry: measuring the positions, distances
Artist's impression of the Gaia spacecraft
Model of Gaia at Paris Air Show 2013
Gaia from different angle
Gaia at its final phase of construction, 2013
Ensemble de Lancement Soyouz
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Ensemble de Lancement Soyouz was a launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. Inactive since 2022 due to the Russo-Ukraine War, the complex was first used in October 2011 in support o
Flame pit with a mobile gantry
Soyuz launch – a moment of support arms release. Lightning safety tower visible on a left.
Sojuz TMA 9 into flight