Gaia is creating an extraordinarily precise three-dimensional map of more than a thousand million stars throughout our Milky Way galaxy and beyond, mapping their motions, luminosity, temperature and composition. This huge stellar census will provide the data needed to tackle an enormous range of important questions related to the origin, structure and evolutionary history of our galaxy.

Access the animations from Gaia's second and third data releases: Gaia Data Release 2 - animations / Gaia Data Release 3 - animations

Access the Gaia mission footage: Gaia liftoff / Gaia prelaunch intergration Kourou / Gaia Sunshield deployment test