LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) Pathfinder

This illustration shows ESA's LISA Pathfinder spacecraft in shades of blue. The craft has an octagonal shape with a relatively flat "face" with smaller components found around the sides of the spacecraft.
An illustration of ESA's LISA Pathfinder spacecraft. The colors depicted in this illustration are for artistic purposes only.
NASA
December 20, 2022
CreditNASA
Historical DateDecember 20, 2022
Language
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An illustration of ESA's LISA Pathfinder spacecraft. The colors depicted in this illustration are for artistic purposes only.

LISA Pathfinder demonstrated technologies required for LISA, a future space probe designed to detect gravitational waves.

Launched: December 3, 2015
Decommissioned: June 30, 2017

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