Gaia, counting down to launch
arXiv:1310.3485
Abstract
In this contribution I provide an overview of the the European Space Agency's Gaia mission just ahead of its launch scheduled for November 2013.
6 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the Societe Francaise d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique (SF2A) 2013 (eds. L. Cambresy, F. Martins, E. Nuss and A. Palacios)