Gaia Prevails Despite a No-Good-Dirty-Rotten Year
The European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft continues to collect data despite getting hit by a one-in-a-million meteoroid strike and an electronics-crippling solar storm. Gaia was launched in December 2013 and is now stationed approximately 1.5 million kilometres a year. The spacecraft was tasked with collecting data that would be used to create the most accurate […]
Published by European Spaceflight on 07/21/2024