On Wednesday, at 12:10:27 GMT, ESA’s Planck space telescope ended its four and a half year mission when project scientist Jan Taube sent the command telling the unmanned probe to switch itself off. .. Continue Reading Planck spacecraft switched off and sent to solar orbit
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Tags: ESA, Space telescope, Spacecraft, Telescope, Universe
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