May 11, 2024

ESA’s Euclid Spacecraft Arrives at Port Canaveral Launch Site

SAs Euclid spacecraft arrived at Port Canaveral, Florida, on April 30 before being moved to the Astrotech center near Cape Canaveral. Euclid will map billions of galaxies throughout more than one-third of the sky, assisting astronomers study the Universes expansion, massive distribution of galaxies, and the role of gravity, dark matter, and dark energy, which together make up 95% of the Universe. Euclid is a pioneering objective to observe billions of faint galaxies and investigate the origin of the Universes speeding up expansion, as well as the strange nature of dark energy, dark matter, and gravity.

This artists impression illustrates ESAs Euclid spacecraft. Euclid is a pioneering objective to observe billions of faint galaxies and examine the origin of deep spaces accelerating growth, in addition to the strange nature of dark energy, dark matter, and gravity. Credit: ESA
Euclids cosmic map will assist us understand deep spaces strange components: dark matter and dark energy. Together they appear to comprise 95% of the Universe, while the regular matter that we understand and are made of (together with stars, worlds and all we see) comprises the other 5%.
Astronomers will utilize Euclid observations to study the advancement of the expansion of deep space and the massive circulation of galaxies over cosmic history. From this, we can discover more about the role of gravity and the nature of dark matter and dark energy.

SAs Euclid spacecraft got here at Port Canaveral, Florida, on April 30 prior to being moved to the Astrotech center near Cape Canaveral. Euclid will map billions of galaxies throughout more than one-third of the sky, helping astronomers study the Universes growth, large-scale distribution of galaxies, and the function of gravity, dark matter, and dark energy, which together make up 95% of the Universe.
ESAs Euclid spacecraft is set to introduce on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in July, mapping billions of galaxies to study deep spaces expansion, gravity, dark matter, and dark energy.
ESAs Euclid spacecraft finished its ocean cruise sound and safe on April 30 at Port Canaveral in Florida. Consequently, the satellite was moved by roadway to the Astrotech center near Cape Canaveral.
Euclid will release on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, no earlier than July, before starting its 1.5 million km journey to the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2. In orbit, Euclid will map billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light years, throughout more than one-third of the sky.