Technicians at a Thales Alenia Space facility in France prep the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope for its coming sea voyage to its Florida launch site. Euclid is scheduled to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in July 2023. (Image credit: Thales Alenia Space/ImagIn)
Europe’s newest space telescope is set to cross the ocean ahead of its voyage to space this summer.
The Euclid spacecraft recently completed a rigorous environmental and mechanical testing program at a facility in Cannes, France, Thales Alenia Space, the prime contractor for the Euclid satellite, said in a statement on Friday (April 14).
