The two-tonne European Euclid will take off today on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket operated by Elon Musk's firm at 4.11pm from Cape Canaveral in Florida and will take a month to reach its destination
Elon Musk's SpaceX will launch the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope this afternoon on a milion-mile dark matter and dark energy mission to explore the secrets of the 'dark universe' - follow live updates here
At 4.12pm GMT today (12.12pm EDT), the Euclid telescope blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It has embarked on a mission to explore the mysteries of dark matter and energy.
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