• 13 Years in Space: Gaia Spacecraft

    Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point

    ESA spacecraft surpasses another full year in space today; now in extended mission phase working to map more than 1 billion stars; launched in 2013.

  • 5 Years in Space: James Webb Space Telescope

    Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point

    NASA (STSci) / ESA / CSA-ASC infrared astronomy telescope surpasses next full year in space since launching on this day via Ariane 5 ECA rocket in 2021.

  • 14 Years in Space: Gaia Spacecraft

    Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point

    ESA spacecraft surpasses another full year in space today; now in extended mission phase working to map more than 1 billion stars; launched in 2013.

  • 6 Years in Space: James Webb Space Telescope

    Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point

    NASA (STSci) / ESA / CSA infrared astronomy telescope surpasses next full year in space since launching on this day via Ariane 5 ECA rocket in 2021.

  • 15 Years in Space: Gaia Spacecraft

    Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point

    ESA spacecraft surpasses another full year in space today; now in extended mission phase working to map more than 1 billion stars; launched in 2013.

  • 7 Years in Space: James Webb Space Telescope

    Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point

    NASA (STSci) / ESA / CSA-ASC infrared astronomy telescope surpasses next full year in space since launching on this day via Ariane 5 ECA rocket in 2021.

  • NET 2029 — End of Euclid Nominal Mission

    Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point

    NET 2029 — Scheduled end of European Space Agency Euclid mission which is measuring accelerated expansion of Universe, aiding in understanding of dark energy / dark matter; future plans / extensions to be determined.

  • 16 Years in Space: Gaia Spacecraft

    Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point

    ESA spacecraft surpasses another full year in space today; now in extended mission phase working to map more than 1 billion stars; launched in 2013.

  • 8 Years in Space: James Webb Space Telescope

    Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point

    NASA (STSci) / ESA / CSA infrared astronomy telescope surpasses next full year in space since launching on this day via Ariane 5 ECA rocket in 2021.