Gaia spreads its wings

Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 07:31 in Biology & Nature

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA’s Gaia star-mapper has passed a critical test ahead of its launch in 2013: the spacecraft’s sunshield has been deployed for the first time.

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