Mark McCaughreanMar 27

Wow – didn’t think I’d be in tears today, but this message sent home from Gaia as it was shut down forever today hits hard 😭

What you’re seeing is a map of the 106 CCD detectors that Gaia used to measure the positions of billions of stars in the Milky Way for the past 11 years 🛰️✨

They were turned off in a special sequence … 😕

#SpaceScience #Astronomy #Science

Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Mar 27

@markmccaughrean ooff, makes me sad when Space Probes die.

Voyager is going to be a heartbreaker

Will Gaia be hanging around in L1 for posterity or something?

Show threadBen Todd

@Lazarou

Voyager is the Keith Richards of satellites 🛰️ 🦾

@markmccaughrean

Mar 27 at 2:24pmWeb