Here you can read the proposal<\/a><\/p>\nLISA Pathfinder, the precursor mission of the space observatory<\/p>\n
The LISA Pathfinder mission launched in December 2015, with the participation of the Gravitational Astronomy-LISA group leading the Spanish contribution, has exceeded all expectations and has extended its scientific life until June 2017 to do more experiments. The first results of the mission, made public on June 7, 2016, showed that we have ready the technology to observe gravitational waves in space.<\/p>\n
LISA_Pathfinder_in_space_large<\/p>\n
Predicted by Albert Einstein a hundred years ago, gravitational waves are oscillations in the space-time tissue, which move at the speed of light and caused by the acceleration of massive objects.<\/p>\n
The mission exceeded expectations<\/p>\n
Results from only two months of science operations show that the two cubes at the heart of the spacecraft are falling freely through space under the influence of gravity alone, unperturbed by other external forces, to a precision more than five times better than originally required.<\/p>\n
ESA_LPF_Infographic_02-06-2016<\/p>\n
LISA Pathfinder team has shown that the test masses are almost motionless with respect to each other, with a relative acceleration lower than 1 part in ten millionths of a billionth of Earth\u2019s gravity.<\/p>\n
Participation of the Institute of Space Sciences (IEEC-CSIC)<\/p>\n
The Gravitational Astronomy Group-LISA of the Institute of Space Sciences (IEEC-CSIC) has led the Spanish contribution to LISA Pathfinder, the precursory mission of ESA. The group, led by researcher Carlos F. Sopuerta, is part of the international LISA consortium that has presented this proposal to the call, and he and members of the group Miquel Nofrarias, Pau Amaro-Seoane, Llu\u00eds Gesa and Ivan Lloro form part of the team that designed the proposal. \u201cWe hope with great enthusiasm,\u201d explains Sopuerta, \u201cto contribute with the experience acquired in the LISA Pathfinder mission to this revolutionary space observatory of gravitational waves.\u201d[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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