LISA Pathfinder - the countdown is running Hannover, Germany (SPX) Dec 01, 2015 - At 5:15 CET on December 2, a Vega rocket is scheduled for launch from the European spaceport in Kourou (French Guiana) to lift a "pathfinder" into space: LISA Pathfinder will demonstrate novel technologies for the planned gravitational-wave observatory eLISA that will one day capture the sound of the Universe. The LISA Pathfinder project is based on more than ten years of scientific development ... more

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