Euclid: Dark Universe Satellite launched from Florida Today
 

Surprised James
did not make a thread on this today?

Expensive
trouble is takes 5years or more

UK has put £37Million into this (Ch4HDnews stated)


[A new satellite that will look at 10 billion years
of evolution in the universe has launched.
The £1bn Euclid project is the brainchild of
Hampshire professor Adam Amara
and inspired by his desire to uncover the
dark universe's secrets.
It was launched in Florida by Elon Musk's Space X
company after 18 years of preparatory
work by Prof Amara.

The launch at 16:12 BST was shown
on the European Space Agency (ESA)
website and via YouTube.]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...tal-1.png.webp


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-66072111


Life In The Fast Lane

just incredible.
The way it came back to earth an landed upright on a specific pad in the ocean.

i have loved everything about space since i was a little kid. The whole subject fascinates me