Video: Testing LISA Pathfinder

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 06:31 in Astronomy & Space

This timelapse video shows teams from ESA and Airbus Defence and Space (the prime contractor for LISA Pathfinder) carrying out a simulation of the commissioning of the LISA Technology Package, the scientific heart of the mission. The simulation took place at ESA's European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, on 23 and 24 September 2015. The video spans about two hours on the morning of 23 September.

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