Humanity will make another historic step today as the Euclid space telescope blasts off on a million-mile mission to undercover cosmic mysteries of the "dark universe".
It is set to blast off from Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on July 1 at 4.11pm UK time from Cape Canaveral in Florida (11.11am local time) as part of the European Space's Agency's mission.
The European Euclid, which is named after the ancient Greek mathematician, will take a month to reach its destination.
