{"id":5771,"date":"2013-12-19T17:34:28","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T17:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5771"},"modified":"2013-12-19T17:34:28","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T17:34:28","slug":"esa-gaia-observatory-launched-successfully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5771","title":{"rendered":"ESA Gaia observatory launched successfully"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Space Agency&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Space_Science\/Gaia\" target=\"_d\">Gaia<\/a>\u00a0observatory was put into space today by a Russian Soyuz rocket launched from the Arianespace facility in French Guiana. The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Space_Science\/Gaia\/Gaia_overview\" target=\"_d\">goal<\/a>\u00a0of the mission:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Gaia will make the largest, most precise three-dimensional map of our Galaxy by surveying more than a thousand million stars.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Some reports on the launch:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Space_Science\/Gaia\/Liftoff_for_ESA_s_billion-star_surveyor\" target=\"_d\">Liftoff for ESA\u2019s billion-star surveyor &#8211; ESA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/soyuz\/vs06\/131219launch\/#.UrMry9JDttA\" target=\"_d\">Soyuz Launch Report | Europe&#8217;s &#8216;discovery machine&#8217; soars to map the Milky Way &#8211; SpaceflightNow<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Here is a replay of launch highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xDmQvJVJg8Y?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s are a couple of videos about the Gaia mission:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/skcqEdQ11PQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G5AdrupH788?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Space Agency&#8217;s\u00a0Gaia\u00a0observatory was put into space today by a Russian Soyuz rocket launched from the Arianespace facility in French Guiana. The\u00a0goal\u00a0of the mission: Gaia will make the largest, most precise three-dimensional map of our Galaxy by surveying more than a thousand million stars. Some reports on the launch: Liftoff for ESA\u2019s billion-star surveyor &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5771\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ESA Gaia observatory launched successfully<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,13,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-space-science","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1v5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26720,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=26720","url_meta":{"origin":5771,"position":0},"title":"ESO: Most massive stellar black hole in the Milky Way discovered","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"A new report from the European Southern Observatory (ESO): Most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy found Astronomers have identified the most massive stellar black hole yet discovered in the Milky Way galaxy. 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