The euclid mission is project, being prepared by ESA to investigate dark matter as well as dark energy. At this moment, it is planned to launch the mission in the year 2023 (no specific date is set yet).
The planned time the mission will take is set for six years and can be extended, but is limited by the amount of cold gas propulsion.
Detailed definition:
ESA has started the euclid mission is a project to try to investigate dark matter as well as dark energy. The spacecraft consists of a camera in the visible wavelength and a camera /spectrometer which works in the near-infrared area.
It will launch from the Europe'sSpaceport in Kourou, which is located in French Guiana, and will move in an orbit which is halo shaped around the Sun-Earth Lagrange point.
Another aspect which will be inspected by the mission is the reason why the expansion of the universe in accelerating and how the evolution of the universe took place, to gain more information about fundamental physics and cosmology.
Etymology:
Euclid - Greek euclid ("renowned, glorious")
mission -Latin missionem ("act of sending a dispatching; a release, a setting at liberty")
Sample Sentence:
The Euclid mission is expected to bring new knowledge about the history of the universe and dark matter.
