EUCLID IN A NUTSHELL

Euclid is an ESA mission. It launches on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, USA. Its destination is Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2, 1.5 million km from Earth. Euclid carries two science instruments

• 1 visible-wavelength camera (VIS)
• 1 near-infrared photometer and spectrometer (NISP)

The Euclid Consortium has delivered to ESA the VIS and NISP instruments. NASA provided the near-infrared detectors of NISP. Euclid will:

• Observe 1/3 of the sky
• Measure the shape, position and distance of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years
• Create the largest, most accurate 3D map of the Universe ever produced

Euclid will address two core themes of ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015-2025:

• What are the fundamental physical laws of the Universe?
• How did the Universe originate and what is it made of?