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European Gaia mapping satellite is retired but proves very tough to kill

The Register 31 Mar 2025
I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that. The last commands have been sent to the ESA's Gaia satellite and, after a dozen years scanning the galaxy, the spacecraft is shutting down its computers and boosting out into a retirement orbit around the Sun. .
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It gave us the best map of the Milky Way. Now the Gaia spacecraft is ...

CBC 31 Mar 2025
Astronomers bid an emotional farewell to Gaia, expressing their gratitude for its more than decade-long mission that gave us groundbreaking insights into our home galaxy, the Milky Way ... .
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Farewell, Gaia! Spacecraft operations come to an end

Phys Dot Org 30 Mar 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) has powered down its Gaia spacecraft after more than a decade spent gathering data that are now being used to unravel the secrets of our home galaxy ... "We will never forget Gaia, and Gaia will never forget us.".
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Its Mission Over, Gaia Rides Off Into the Sunset

Universe Today 28 Mar 2025
But when the Gaia spacecraft launched in 2013, all of that changed. .
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ESA Shuts Down Gaia Spacecraft After Decade of Groundbreaking Cosmic Research

Greek Reporter 28 Mar 2025
“We will never forget Gaia, and Gaia will never forget us,” – Uwe Lammers, Gaia Mission pic.twitter.com/kswnICMe8H ... “We will never forget Gaia, and Gaia will never forget us,” said mission manager Uwe Lammers.
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Space telescope Gaia sent into 'retirement' but legacy endures

Daily Times Chronicle 28 Mar 2025
Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of the Milky Way, but its observations will fuel discoveries for decades to come ... .
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Gaia: Rewriting the story of the Milky Way

European Space Agency 28 Mar 2025
Video. 00.05.23. For over a decade, ESA’s Gaia mission has mapped our galaxy with stunning precision—rewriting the story of the Milky Way. As its mission enters a new phase, we look back at its most groundbreaking discoveries ... .
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Europe’s space agency retires Gaia, the cosmic mapmaker

The Times of India 28 Mar 2025
Europe's space agency, ESA, has formally retired its Gaia satellite after more than nine years of groundbreaking service ... To carry out its goal, Gaia was stationed at Lagrange point 2 (L2), around 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth.
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Studenti reinvents itself and presents Gaia: the first AI tutor for studying and orientation integrated in the brand’s digital ecosystem (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore SpA)

Public Technologies 28 Mar 2025
In addition to a new graphic design, it has launched Gaia, the first web-integrated artificial intelligence tool dedicated to education ... With Gaia, Studenti helps users study, inform themselves, learn ...
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Gaia to Shut Down After More Than a Decade of Mapping the Milky Way

New York Times 27 Mar 2025
After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft will shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on ... .
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