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Surveyor, a $1.4-billion infrared telescope designed to detect asteroids and comets that could pose a threat to Earth.

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The European Space Agency announced Thursday the Gaia spacecraft was turned off after a decade of data gathering.

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After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.

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