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Robert Pearlman
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posted 06-30-2023 09:15 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid mission is designed to explore the composition and evolution of the dark universe. The space telescope will create the largest, most accurate 3D map of the universe across space and time by observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years, across more than a third of the sky.

Euclid will explore how the universe has expanded and how and how large-scale structure is distributed across space and time, revealing more about the role of gravity and the nature of dark energy and dark matter.

ESA's Euclid mission patch is available from the agency's online shop.

Robert Pearlman
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the ESA Euclid mission to a Sun-Earth L2 transfer orbit, also known as the Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The SpaceX mission patch:

Robert Pearlman
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Redwire Space designed and built the Euclid baffle in Belgium. The lightweight structure will shield stray light from the telescope so that it can perform properly without interference.

Redwire designed its own mission patch.

A few hidden meanings...
  • Belgium flag
  • Three stars for the three baffles made by this team so far
  • Side cut to the same angle as the baffle
  • Falcon 9 rocket
  • Black background to represent its dark universe investigation

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