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2024-05-24 Small tribute to Gaia in LEGO Milky Way set - Gaia
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2024-05-24 Small tribute to Gaia in LEGO Milky Way set
A small tribute is given to ESA's 3D galaxy mapper Gaia in the new LEGO Milky Way set. A 4-piece mini Gaia spacecraft! Interested in a 15-piece Gaia lego model? A set of instructions is available from the Gaia educational resources.
Milky Way LEGO set with a model of the Gaia spacecraft. Credits for the LEGO set: LEGO
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| Technology testing concluded and spacecraft passivated |
| 3827 days of science operations concluded |
| 141,038 GB of science data gathered |
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267,336,261,480 transits observed Several data sets were released |
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