The two-tonne European Euclid will take off today on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket operated by Elon Musk's firm at 4.11pm from Cape Canaveral in Florida and will take a month to reach its destination
Mission Begins to Map Dark Universe in Space miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
At 4.12pm GMT today (12.12pm EDT), the Euclid telescope blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It has embarked on a mission to explore the mysteries of dark matter and energy.
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Mission to map the dark Universe sets off on space journey foreignaffairs.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from foreignaffairs.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.