On 27 March 2025, postdoctoral researcher Alkim Erol participated in the Gaia Spacecraft Passivation Event which took place at the European Space Agency’s European Space Operations Centre. Gaia's control team carefully switched off the spacecraft’s subsystems and sent the spacecraft into a ‘retirement orbit’ around the Sun. The participation to the passivation event is planned to be reflected upon in the further visual and written research outcomes.
You can access to the details of the event from here: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Farewell_Gaia!_Spacecraft_operations_come_to_an_end
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