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LISA Pathfinder lead scientist awarded prestigious prize
Professor Stefano Vitale, principal investigator of ESA's LISA Pathfinder and currently the chair of ESA's Science Programme Committee, has been honoured with the 2020 Tycho Brahe Medal for leading...
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LISA Pathfinder images and videos
LISA Pathfinder images and videos
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ESA takes another step towards the search for Earth-like planets and gravitational waves
CASA and Astrium UK start to work on ESA's future mission SMART-2
LISA Pathfinder Orbit
LISA Pathfinder will be launched into a geostationary transfer orbit. From there, it will use its own propulsion module to reach its operational orbit around the first Lagrange point (L1), about...
Mission Operations: Overview
Mission Operations: Overview
Launch
LISA Pathfinder was carried into orbit from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana by an ESA Vega launch vehicle. Liftoff was at 04:04 UTC...
The LISA Pathfinder Mission - Tracing Einstein's Geodesics in Space
The LISA Pathfinder Mission - Tracing Einstein's Geodesics in Space
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LISA Pathfinder: the experiment and the route to LISA
LISA Pathfinder: the experiment and the route to LISA
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ESO Press Release
ESO Press Release
This page provides a link to http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2009/pr-33-09.html
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LISA Pathfinder report from 35th COSPAR meeting
LISA Pathfinder report from 35th COSPAR meeting
Last Update: 1 September 2019
The 4S Symposium - Small Satellites Systems & Services
The 4S Symposium - Small Satellites Systems & Services
ESA and EADS Astrium sign contract to build the LISA Pathfinder spacecraft
SNR 12-2004Yesterday the European Space Agency (ESA) and EADS Astrium have signed the 80 million Euro contract to build the LISA Pathfinder spacecraft. Scheduled for launch in 2008, LISA Pathfinder...
LISA Pathfinder mission report from 35th COSPAR meeting
LISA Pathfinder mission report from 35th COSPAR meeting
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Instruments
Unlike traditional observatory or planetary missions, the payload in LISA Pathfinder cannot be considered as a discrete piece of hardware carried by the spacecraft. Instead, during science...
Objectives
LISA Pathfinder is testing key technologies for future spaceborne gravitational wave observatories.
Testing of LISA Pathfinder's Proof Masses
Testing of LISA Pathfinder's Proof Masses
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The Science Case for LISA Pathfinder
The Science Case for LISA Pathfinder
Last Update: 1 September 2019
Engineering
Engineering
Drag-Free and Attitude Control System
The LISA Pathfinder mission objective is to verify that a test mass onboard the spacecraft can be kept 'free-floating',...
US Colloidal Propulsion System
US Colloidal Propulsion System
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LISA Pathfinder Enters Design Phase
On 16 February 2006, the ESA Mission Preliminary Design Review Board declared that the LISA Pathfinder mission is ready to proceed into the next implementation phase: the detailed design phase or...
Mission Team
Mission Team
Science Team
The LISA Pathfinder Science Team provides ESA with advice on all apsects of Science and Technology related to the mission. The team is chaired by the LPF...
Science Module Structure Arrives at Astrium UK
The Protoflight Model of the Science Module structure built by Oerlikon Space AG has been delivered to Astrium UK at the beginning of June 2007.
LISA Pathfinder prepares for acoustic tests
The LISA Pathfinder spacecraft in the acoustic chamber at ESTEC during preparations for system level tests in September 2008
LISA Pathfinder separation test: science module separates from propulsion module
LISA Pathfinder separation test
Testing time to keep LISA Pathfinder clear of magnetism
Testing time to keep LISA Pathfinder clear of magnetism
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The Science Case for LISA Pathfinder
The Science Case for LISA Pathfinder
Publication date: 23 January 2007
Authors: LISA Pathfinder Science Working Team
Page: 1-25
Year: 2007
Copyright: ESA
The project...
Initial Integration of the LISA Pathfinder On Board Computer Development Model
The LISA Pathfinder embryonic Real-Time Test Bench, showing the On Board Computer Development Model, the Telemetry and Telecommand Front End and one display of the Check-out System.
The Science Case for LISA Pathfinder
The Science Case for LISA Pathfinder
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LTP Central Assembly Box
Central assembly box of the LISA Technology Package (LTP). It will provide the thermal and mechanical enclosure to the Inertial Sensors and Optical Bench.
Background Science
The goal of LISA Pathfinder is to test the technology for a major ESA mission planned for the near future: LISA, aimed at detecting the predicted ripples in space-time generated by very massive...
Science Spacecraft Structure Assembly
The extremely stable structure of the Science Module of LISA Pathfinder is being manufactured and assembled in Oerlikon Space AG of Zürich, Switzerland.
Oerlikon Space Switzerland
Oerlikon Space Switzerland
This page provides a link to http://www.oerlikon.com/space/
Science Module Structure
The extremely stable structure of the Science Module of LISA Pathfinder is entirely made of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) sandwich panels and shells.
LISA Pathfinder science module vibration tests
The structural thermal model (STM) of the LISA Pathfinder science module has successfully completed a series of vibration tests at the ESTEC facilities in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. These tests...
LISA Pathfinder mission report from 37th COSPAR meeting
LISA Pathfinder mission report from 37th COSPAR meeting
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LISA Pathfinder modules ready for acoustic tests
The LISA Pathfinder science and propulsion modules are now ready for acoustic testing in the Large European Acoustic Facility (LEAF) at ESTEC, The Netherlands. In the four weeks since the modules...
Electrode housing and proof masses
At the core of the LISA Pathfinder spacecraft resides the LISA Technology Package (LTP) which is designed to demonstrate the technology needed for the LISA mission. The LTP is composed of two...
NTO-MMH dummy tanks for the LISA Pathfinder Propulsion Module
NTO-MMH dummy tanks for the Propulsion Module
LISA Pathfinder during preparations for acoustic testing
LISA Pathfinder during preparations for acoustic testing
LISA Pathfinder modules at ESTEC for system testing
The science and propulsion modules of LISA Pathfinder have arrived at ESTEC for a series of system tests. These are devised to validate the spacecraft design parameters and to record the response...
The electrodes housing box
The electrodes housing (EH) box, pictured above, is a gold cube measuring about 70 mm on a side which will contain a LISA Technology Package proof mass with a gap of only 4 mm. This gap will allow...
The electrodes housing box
The electrodes housing (EH) box, pictured above, is a gold cube measuring about 70 mm on a side which will contain a LISA Technology Package proof mass with a gap of only 4 mm. This gap will allow...
LISA Pathfinder report from 36th COSPAR meeting
LISA Pathfinder report from 36th COSPAR meeting
Last Update: 1 September 2019
Overview of LISA Pathfinder (LISA-LPF-RP-0001)
Overview of LISA Pathfinder (LISA-LPF-RP-0001)
Publication date: 30 April 2009
Authors: McNamara, P.
Issue: 1.1
Year: 2009
An overview of the LISA Pathfinder mission...
LISA Pathfinder mission report from 36th COSPAR meeting
LISA Pathfinder mission report from 36th COSPAR meeting
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LISA Pathfinder separation test: launch adapter separates from science & propulsion modules
LISA Pathfinder separation test
LISA Pathfinder faces technology challenges set by Einstein
LISA Pathfinder faces technology challenges set by Einstein
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Introduction to LISA Pathfinder (LISA-LPF-RP-0002)
Introduction to LISA Pathfinder (LISA-LPF-RP-0002)
Last Update: 1 September 2019
LISA Pathfinder (Invited paper - 7th Edoardo Amaldi Conference)
LISA Pathfinder (Invited paper - 7th Edoardo Amaldi Conference)
Publication date: 08 June 2008
Authors: McNamara, P., Vitale, S., Danzmann, K.
Journal: Class. Quantum Gravity ...
LISA Pathfinder flight-model unit in the Magnetic Coil Facility at ESTEC
LISA Pathfinder units in the MCF