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Europe's on a mission to explore the dark universe with the launch of the Euclid Telescope
Space Coast FL (SPX) Jul 01, 2023
A 6-year mission to shed light on the 'dark universe' dominated by dark matter and dark energy started with the liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Euclid Space Telescope for the European Space Agency (ESA) on July 1st at 11:12 a.m. EDT (1512 UTC) from Florida's Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS). The telescope will take roughly four weeks