Science & Exploration Watch Gaia first data release media briefing 20598 views 146 likes

Replay of the media briefing on the first data release from ESA’s Gaia mission on 14 September.

The media briefing provided examples of the performance of the satellite and its science data, and highlighted the research that can be done with this first data release.

Programme outline



09:30–09:40 GMT/11:30–11:40 CEST

Alvaro Gimenez, Director of Science, ESA:

Astrometry with Gaia at the very core of ESA’s Science Programme



09:40–09:50 GMT/11:40–11:50 CEST

Fred Jansen, ESA Gaia Mission Manager:

Operating at the limits of precision



09:50–10:00 GMT/11:50–12:00 CEST

Timo Prusti, ESA Gaia Project Scientist:

Gaia on the way to the most precise map of our galaxy



10:00–10:10 GMT/12:00–12:10 CEST

Anthony Brown, Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium, Leiden University:

A first exploration of the Gaia sky



10:10–10:20 GMT/12:10-12:20 CEST

Antonella Vallenari, Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Astronomical Observatory of Padua:

Gaia’s view of the nearby star clusters



10:20–10:30 GMT/12:20-12:30 CEST

Gisella Clementini, Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium Member of Coordination Unit 7, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Astronomical Observatory of Bologna:

Gaia and the distance ladder



10:30–11:00 GMT/12:30–13:00 CEST

Question and Answer sessions and opportunity for individual interviews

