ESA Science & Technology - Media kit for Gaia Data Release 1

Publication date: 09 September 2016

This media kit contains background information about the Gaia mission. It has been prepared to accompany Gaia Data Release 1.

Contents:
Gaia - the Billion Star Surveyor
Fast Facts
Mapping the Galaxy with Gaia
Gaia's first data release - the Galactic Census begins
Towards the final Gaia catalogue
Making sense of it all - the role of the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium
Where is Gaia and why do we need to know?
From ancient star maps to precision astrometry
Appendices: Resources, Speakers at the press event, Media contacts

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