April 2019
LISA Pathfinder – paving the way for future studies of the gravitational universe
... the basis for the design and development of a future space-borne observatory. Overview of the LISA Pathfinder mission. Post launch On 3 December 2015 LISA Pathfinder was launched on Vega flight VV06. The Vega launcher injected the spacecraft almost...
07 June 2016
A green light for the LISA Pathfinder mission
... importance in not only understanding the history of the Universe, but the nature of the fundamental forces within it. LISA Pathfinder is stationed at a stable orbit between the Earth and the Sun at a location called the first Lagrange point...
21 June 2017
LISA gets green light from ESA
... feasibility of the program is already underway and will shortly complete its science operations on 30th June. Known as LISA pathfinder, the program set out to prove that two test masses can fly through space, untouched but...
01 December 2015
LISA Pathfinder set for liftoff
...GMT (05:15 CET). Separation from Vega is expected at 06:00 GMT (07:00 CET), with first contact expected two minutes later. LISA Pathfinder will test-drive the hardware for detecting gravitational waves – tiny perturbations in the fabric of space-time...
19 February 2016
Test Masses of ESA's LISA Pathfinder Released Successfully
... and Space, test masses of ESA's LISA Pathfinder were released successfully. LISA Pathfinder was built by Airbus Defence and Space...Elwood) inside the spacecraft´s scientific instrument. The LISA Technology Package (LTP), which weighs around 150 ...
March 2018
Mapping the dark universe
... ground segment and mission operations of ESA’s astronomy and fundamental physics missions including Herschel & Planck, Gaia, Lisa Pathfinder, Euclid and Plato.
