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DARWIN
Darwin is a flotilla of four free-flying spacecraft, each containing a 3 metre diameter infrared telescope. They will search for signs of life on Earth-like planets. This will require a number of technological innovations before the mission launches in the middle of the next decade. Its mission objectives are:

• to detect and analyse Earth-like worlds 
• to detect atmospheres on these planets and to search for gases that can indicate life
• to solve the technological challenges of far infrared interferometric imaging in space

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