2-7-14

First Image From Gaia's Mission to Scan the Entire Sky
  2-7-14


*the first image captured by the Gaia telescope was a picture of the stars.



*it was a test image to help the European Space Agency improve the instrument  before they needed it for a real task.


*The picture was of a Large Magellanic Cloud.


*This picture may be the last because the task doesn't require sending full images back to Earth, instead it will scan the sky and send back data signals.