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Farewell to Gaia
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Farewell to Gaia

13/12/2013 2680 views 23 likes 300841 ID

The Gaia spacecraft is tucked up inside the Soyuz fairing, ready to be mated with the Soyuz lower stages. The logo depicts elements of the Gaia mission.

Launch is scheduled for 9:12:19 GMT (10:12:19 CET) on 19 December 2013.

Gaia in fairing
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Gaia in fairing

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Gaia mission poster
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Gaia mission poster

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Placing the Gaia container onto the access ramp
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Placing the Gaia container onto the access ramp

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Antonov plane at Toulouse airport during Gaia loading
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Antonov plane during Gaia loading

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Preparing Gaia's deployable sunshield array

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