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Gaia spacecraft almost doomed by back-to-back meteor strike and solar storm — but ESA says they’ve found a solution
The European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft is back to routine operations studying the Milky Way after a meteor strike punctured its protective shield, allowing charged solar particles to stream through.