ESA seeks modest boost to science budget (spacenews.com) angielski
                            
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                        Last night a crucial step in the European Space Agency’s eclipse-making Proba-3 mission was completed: the two spacecraft, flying jointly since launch, have successfully separated.
                            
                        Launched on 19 December 2013, Gaia’s fuel tank is now approaching empty – it uses about a dozen grams of cold gas per day to keep it spinning with pinpoint precision. But this is far from the end of the mission.
                            
                        
                            
                        
                            
                        
                            
                        
                            
                        
                            
                        
                            
                        
                            
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