She hadn't even given birth a month before, but she knew she didn't want to miss it at all. So she grabbed her baby and headed to the University of Barcelona's Faculty of Physics. From there, with her research group, she was able to follow the launch into space live on large screens. from the Gaia space telescope, the eyes with which the European Space Agency (ESA) has scanned the sky for 11 years, revolutionizing our view of our galaxy and our cosmic neighborhood. And where Catalan participation has been decisive.