The Euclid Space Telescope has successfully launched on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Setting out on its mission to study how gravity, dark energy and dark matter shaped the evolution of the Universe.
Alongside a £37 million investment from the UK Space Agency (UKSA), the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC):
- contributed to design and development work on Euclid instrumentation
- played a key role in funding UK astronomy teams who will be analysing the data coming from the mission
